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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months ago“But why isn’t there a restriction on criminal convictions for being president?” A: before now, nobody thought we needed to explicitly write them. We live in insane times.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•4 months agoNo, the real answer is if criminal convictions barred you from office, it could be used as a political tool by corrupt politicians to prevent their opponents from running.
minus-square@HighElfMagelinkEnglish7•4 months agoIt’s also a safeguard against the reigning power using bogus prosecutions against their opposition, like we see in many authoritarian states.
“But why isn’t there a restriction on criminal convictions for being president?”
A: before now, nobody thought we needed to explicitly write them.
We live in insane times.
No, the real answer is if criminal convictions barred you from office, it could be used as a political tool by corrupt politicians to prevent their opponents from running.
It’s also a safeguard against the reigning power using bogus prosecutions against their opposition, like we see in many authoritarian states.