Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia on Sunday said that he believes a strong legal argument can be made to use the 14th Amendment to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in 2024, citing Trump’s actions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Shortly after Jan. 6, Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives for inciting an insurrection amid his push to overturn his election loss, with 10 Republicans and all Democrats voting to impeach him.

He denied any wrongdoing, and while seven members of his own party joined Democrats to support his conviction, he was ultimately acquitted by the Senate.

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I mean, its the literal text of the constitution, plain as day. Watching people in “shall not be infringed” t shirts try to backpedal is gonna be fun, but they’re conservatives so they’ll figure out a way the law doesn’t apply to them just like how they carve out an exception for their pornographic bibles in the obscenity laws they write.