If the convicted J6 participants are pardoned by the incoming Administration, would that fall under the clause "..., or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."?
I follow someone who points out that last line daily. That he cannot take the oath of office until the House votes. Some lawyer needs to step up and enforce this part of the Constitution FFS.
If only... Congress would pay attention to section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
If ignored b4 Jan 20th, the moment djt pardons insurrectionists, he's in direct violation. Jamie Raskin, constitutional scholar spoke of this. Call congress & insist it be looked into. 202.224.3121 make the call! If only...
If I read that correctly, it's saying that Congress can vote to allow a person to serve even if they are not allowed to because they instigated a riot.
No, reread it. The scholar I follow says his House conviction on the second impeachment is that he broke his original oath of office by directing the insurrection. (The Senate vote was to remove him from office, but the House vote convicted him of breaking his oath)
My understanding is that that isn't necessarily enough either. Doesn't matter if a state finds you guilty, might not matter if it's a federal district court either.
The problem is that there is no precedent to turn to, no history for it at all because *we never had to worry about this in reality*
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May I curry a fervent hope of this?
If ignored b4 Jan 20th, the moment djt pardons insurrectionists, he's in direct violation. Jamie Raskin, constitutional scholar spoke of this. Call congress & insist it be looked into. 202.224.3121 make the call! If only...
and we failed to put him in jail, and now he will be pardoned along with the rest.
May you live in interesting times.
The problem is that there is no precedent to turn to, no history for it at all because *we never had to worry about this in reality*