• @shalafi@lemmy.world
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    21 month ago

    The Constitution clearly lays out the qualifications for POTUS. You can’t make legislation that overrides it.

    • @jordanlund@lemmy.world
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      11 month ago

      The 2nd Amendment clearly says that the right to own guns can’t be restricted and they passed legislation restricting it.

      • @ulkesh@lemmy.world
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        31 month ago

        No, the 2nd Amendment clearly says that the right to own guns is for the purpose of a well-regulated militia. The courts are the ones who interpreted that to mean every citizen [1, Heller]. And the courts also are the ones who have afforded such State restriction legislation as being Constitutional [1, Cruikshank].

        In any case, it would likely require an amendment to the Constitution to directly change the qualifications for being President.

        [1] - https://supreme.justia.com/cases-by-topic/gun-rights/

        • rand_alpha19
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          41 month ago

          What if every state adopted a law barring felons from being eligible to be on the state ballot? I’m not American.

          • @ulkesh@lemmy.world
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            31 month ago

            It would certainly be challenged at the Supreme Court, so there would be a ruling at some point at that level. Whether or not the Court would affirm such a law, I don’t know. But, while highly unlikely every state would do this, it is not unprecedented that every state could enact the same or similar laws (the one that comes to mind is seat belt law, but New Hampshire is still a holdout, for some reason).