return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agoGavin Newsom doesn’t want to remove Trump from California ballotwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down113
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkGavin Newsom doesn’t want to remove Trump from California ballotwww.independent.co.ukreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months ago part of the problem here is that the constitution doesn’t actually recommend removing people from ballots. Why would anyone keep an ineligible candidate’s name on the ballot?
minus-squaremwguy@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·10 months agoBecause there’s not a consensus that they’re ineligible.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThat’s why we have judges.
minus-squaremwguy@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoThere’s not a consensus among judges. Had the Dems done an actual impeachment of Trump, called witnesses and the like, and got a conviction this question would already be answered around the nation. But the half assed it and now we’re here.
Why would anyone keep an ineligible candidate’s name on the ballot?
Because there’s not a consensus that they’re ineligible.
That’s why we have judges.
There’s not a consensus among judges.
Had the Dems done an actual impeachment of Trump, called witnesses and the like, and got a conviction this question would already be answered around the nation. But the half assed it and now we’re here.