Prominent conservative legal scholars are increasingly raising a constitutional argument that 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump should be barred from the presidency because of his actions to overturn the previous presidential election result.

  • rhsJack
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    191 year ago

    Legal scholars VS 49% of Americans, most of whom can’t read a coloring book. One guess who is going to vote for the orange turd anyway.

      • UristMcHolland
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        61 year ago

        And since we have had 4 years of COVID festering in the south, I would imagine in 2024 he’ll get maybe 20%

        • @Cryophilia
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          111 year ago

          Covid also did a number on Black and Hispanic service workers who were called essential and forced to go to work but not paid hazard pay.

          Still a bit salty about that. To put it mildly.

          • kamenLady.
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            51 year ago

            Same here in Germany, service workers were called essential, applauded & called heroes. But they didn’t get the important part, more money.

        • @rbhfd
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          31 year ago

          Covid has been devastating and has likely affected more R voters, but I don’t think it will be enough to cause an electoral shift.

          Red states have had a lower life is expectancy for years. Covid just added to that effect, but I don’t think it’s that much worse than any of the other confounding effects (like lower access to affordable health care or healthy food). On the contrary, it’s probably much less than that.

          • @BURN
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            21 year ago

            I’d guess electorally it’ll be similar, but by count it’ll be a larger gap this time. Not that popular votes matter in the us

            • @rbhfd
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              21 year ago

              There’s been roughly 1 million Covid deaths in the US since the pandemic started. Given a very gracious split of 70-30% between R-D voters, it means that there was a net loss of 400k Republican voters. (I hate to be talking about 1M lives lost in such a dry way)

              During the 2020 presidential elections, Biden won the popular vote by 7 million votes. Even with ignoring the fact that the deadliest part of the pandemic was before the election, it’s not enough to have a big enough impact on the popular vote.

              In swing states where the difference is 10k votes, that’s a whole different story. But then I would say that voter turnout is a much bigger thing to focus on.

              • @BURN
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                21 year ago

                Thanks for the numbers, looks like you’re probably right.

                Turnout ultimately will be the deciding factor again

          • @scottywh
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            11 year ago

            Sure as shit didn’t help them

      • @scottywh
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        1 year ago

        Exactly… Saying.that it’s 49‰ vastly overestimates their position.

        Comments like that help them solidify their beliefs that they could even have a majority… “Silent majority” my ass… They need to shut their loud fuckin mouths for a change actually