Not knowing US constitutional law, it seems to me the SCOTUS decision might mean that the Dems missed an opportunity when they had the house

That it’s a federal matter seems legally predictable/natural to me, and that it then falls to congress to enforce then also seems natural.

What am I missing on that?

Otherwise, what would the Dems have had to lose by passing an act when they had the house? The 14th was right there.

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  • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
    1•4 months ago

    It’s a bit of a technicality, while trump is ineligible to be POTUS or anything else; it remains congress’s job to enforce that ineligibility

    And luckily for Trump, Democrats would rather let him be installed as dictator than get rid of the fucking filibuster that they use as an excuse to break campaign promises.

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      4•4 months ago

      or, you know, just hear me out. have him hanged for an insurrectionist traitor.

      • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
        5•4 months ago

        But he’s rich and that sounds like consequences.

        • FuglyDuckEnglish
          3•4 months ago

          Good point.

          We need a guillotine. And maybe a few pitchforks and torches.