Current Events > Im out of the loop, can Trump go to jail before the election?

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David1988 05/15/24 8:45:42 PM #1:	If the jury finds him guilty on the current case, he has to go to jail before the election right? --- "The age of men is over, the time of women have come" - God <cite>David1988 posted [p:980412558] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>If the jury finds him guilty on the current case, he has to go to jail before the election right? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SkittyOnWailord 05/15/24 8:49:40 PM #2:	Can someone with a majority of votes still be presedent if they're currently in jail? Or does the other person automatically win? --- I'm here! I'm furry! I'll try not to shed! =^_^= i7 5820K\|Rampage V Extreme\|32GB DDR4 Ripjaws 4\|EVGA 2080 Ti XC Ultra\|HAF 932 <cite>SkittyOnWailord posted [p:980412622] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>Can someone with a majority of votes still be presedent if they're currently in jail? Or does the other person automatically win? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
David1988 05/15/24 8:50:25 PM #3:	SkittyOnWailord posted... Can someone with a majority of votes still be presedent if they're currently in jail? Or does the other person automatically win? Can they even run if they're in jail? --- "The age of men is over, the time of women have come" - God <cite>David1988 posted [p:980412633] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>SkittyOnWailord posted... </cite><quote>Can someone with a majority of votes still be presedent if they're currently in jail? Or does the other person automatically win?</quote>Can they even run if they're in jail? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SkittyOnWailord 05/15/24 8:52:47 PM #4:	David1988 posted... Can they even run if they're in jail? No idea. I don't think this happens very often. :p --- I'm here! I'm furry! I'll try not to shed! =^_^= i7 5820K\|Rampage V Extreme\|32GB DDR4 Ripjaws 4\|EVGA 2080 Ti XC Ultra\|HAF 932 <cite>SkittyOnWailord posted [p:980412666] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>David1988 posted... </cite><quote>Can they even run if they're in jail?</quote>No idea. I don't think this happens very often. :p </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Euripides 05/15/24 9:04:12 PM #5:	There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a convicted felon from running or winning --- he/him/his <cite>Euripides posted [p:980412831] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a convicted felon from running or winning </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
David1988 05/15/24 9:06:10 PM #6:	Euripides posted... There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a convicted felon from running or winning wth so theoretically we could've a president thats in jail? lmao that would be so stupid --- "The age of men is over, the time of women have come" - God <cite>David1988 posted [p:980412868] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>Euripides posted... </cite><quote>There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a convicted felon from running or winning</quote>wth so theoretically we could've a president thats in jail? lmao that would be so stupid </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Euripides 05/15/24 9:08:18 PM #7:	David1988 posted... wth so theoretically we could've a president thats in jail? lmao that would be so stupid The Founding Fathers naively believed that the electorate would never willingly elect a convicted felon --- he/him/his <cite>Euripides posted [p:980412896] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>David1988 posted... </cite><quote>wth so theoretically we could've a president thats in jail? lmao that would be so stupid</quote>The Founding Fathers naively believed that the electorate would never willingly elect a convicted felon </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SpawnShadow 05/15/24 9:09:25 PM #8:	David1988 posted... wth so theoretically we could've a president thats in jail? lmao that would be so stupid The people who originally drafted up the Constitution (as well as those who amended it over the last couple centuries) didn't think we'd ever be in a position where something that stupid could ever happen. By the time it became plausible that it could happen, Republican obstructionism and control over several state governments made it effectively impossible to amend the Constitution to patch that obvious hole. <cite>SpawnShadow posted [p:980412917] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>David1988 posted... </cite><quote>wth so theoretically we could've a president thats in jail? lmao that would be so stupid</quote>The people who originally drafted up the Constitution (as well as those who amended it over the last couple centuries) didn't think we'd ever be in a position where something that stupid could ever happen. By the time it became plausible that it could happen, Republican obstructionism and control over several state governments made it effectively impossible to amend the Constitution to patch that obvious hole.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hexenherz 05/15/24 9:10:59 PM #10:	Euripides posted... There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a convicted felon from running or winning Sounds like there should be nothing preventing convicted felons from voting then, too. --- RS3: UltimaSuende - CE Thread Zone https://letterboxd.com/BMovieBro/ <cite>Hexenherz posted [p:980412945] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>Euripides posted... </cite><quote>There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a convicted felon from running or winning</quote>Sounds like there should be nothing preventing convicted felons from voting then, too. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarkAssassin89 05/15/24 9:11:04 PM #11:	And if the trial drags on and he gets elected before it wraps up does the case go on despite him being president? --- Dark89 <cite>DarkAssassin89 posted [p:980412946] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>And if the trial drags on and he gets elected before it wraps up does the case go on despite him being president? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 05/15/24 9:13:30 PM #12:	SpawnShadow posted... The people who originally drafted up the Constitution (as well as those who amended it over the last couple centuries) didn't think we'd ever be in a position where something that stupid could ever happen. It's more like to stop people from throwing their political opposition in prison --- See profile pic <cite>Irony posted [p:980412982] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>SpawnShadow posted... </cite><quote>The people who originally drafted up the Constitution (as well as those who amended it over the last couple centuries) didn't think we'd ever be in a position where something that stupid could ever happen.</quote>It's more like to stop people from throwing their political opposition in prison </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bass 05/15/24 9:15:23 PM #13:	Don't forget Eugene V. Debs. He ran from prison last century and got a million votes or so. He wasn't in prison for a just reason, though. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Bass posted [p:980413009] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>Don't forget Eugene V. Debs. He ran from prison last century and got a million votes or so. He wasn't in prison for a just reason, though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnsteadyOwl 05/15/24 9:28:13 PM #14:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] No, that wouldn't happen automatically. The 25th amendment allows the president to voluntarily transfer presidential authority to the VP or for the VP and the majority of the cabinet to declare the president unable to fulfill his duties, so the VP would act as president in those cases. Congress could also impeach and remove the president which would mean the VP becomes president. If none of those things happen, then it's uncharted legal waters. --- "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." <cite>UnsteadyOwl posted [p:980413210] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> No, that wouldn't happen automatically. The 25th amendment allows the president to voluntarily transfer presidential authority to the VP or for the VP and the majority of the cabinet to declare the president unable to fulfill his duties, so the VP would act as president in those cases. Congress could also impeach and remove the president which would mean the VP becomes president.If none of those things happen, then it's uncharted legal waters. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ClayGuida 05/15/24 10:25:55 PM #15:	SkittyOnWailord posted... Can someone with a majority of votes still be presedent if they're currently in jail? Or does the other person automatically win? Presidential elections aren't decided by majority rule. --- lolAmerica <cite>ClayGuida posted [p:980414022] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>SkittyOnWailord posted... </cite><quote>Can someone with a majority of votes still be presedent if they're currently in jail? Or does the other person automatically win?</quote>Presidential elections aren't decided by majority rule. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FunWithAFryPan 05/15/24 10:26:45 PM #16:	You would think so --- He who strikes with meaning is killed by meaning. <cite>FunWithAFryPan posted [p:980414035] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>You would think so </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SkittyOnWailord 05/15/24 11:53:00 PM #17:	ClayGuida posted... Presidential elections aren't decided by majority rule. I meant the one the majority of Electoral College votes for, not the general public's votes. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8fa1e6af.jpg Though I probably know less about the process than I should, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. --- I'm here! I'm furry! I'll try not to shed! =^_^= i7 5820K\|Rampage V Extreme\|32GB DDR4 Ripjaws 4\|EVGA 2080 Ti XC Ultra\|HAF 932 <cite>SkittyOnWailord posted [p:980415036] in Im out of ... [t:80769986]...</cite> <quote>ClayGuida posted... </cite><quote>Presidential elections aren't decided by majority rule.</quote>I meant the one the majority of Electoral College votes for, not the general public's votes. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8fa1e6af.jpg Though I probably know less about the process than I should, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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