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Florida Lawyer Sues Trump to Disqualify Him From 2024 Race
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There are rules about who can and can't run. It's not an open ballot.
These are black and white rules, not easily subject to debate. If you qualify, you qualify.
And if you don't, you don't. That's precisely the point.
14th amendment, section 3. That's not black and white.
Yes that's what most of the discussion revolves around, and the idea of who defines what an insurrection is and who's guilty, because the amendments don't define this. Some dictionary definitions seem to include minor behavior as mundane as running a protest or making a public statement of disagreement with the current government, which would likely vacuum up any person you'd ever want to vote for.
In the comment you replied to, I was thinking about these constitutional requirements:
-Be a natural-born citizen of the United States -Be at least 35 years old -Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years
Which I think we can agree are either true or false for Amy given candidate and difficult to argue factually. That isn't true, however, of the 14th amendment concept, which is, in my argument, better left to the voters to decide rather than a small number of judges and lawyers.
I don't think it's good to resort to the election to determine a complex legal ruling. It wouldn't simply be ruling him eligible it not as the case would be in court. It would just make him president if enough people want him. There are many reasons that people pick who they vote for. I would prefer a ruling on the 14th amendment issue to be based only in that and made by people who understand constitutional law.
I understand your reservations about leaving that jn the hands of the judiciary, but for that type of thing I don't think just letting the election decide is the appropriate course of action.