UnanimousStargazer to No Stupid Questions • 2 years agoWill Trump win the elections again? What if he's sentenced to prison?message-square37fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down16
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWill Trump win the elections again? What if he's sentenced to prison?UnanimousStargazer to No Stupid Questions • 2 years agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-square@Poondudelink-2•2 years agoYes - obviously if he does get sent to prison he cannot be elected president. I don’t think there’s precedent for this, so it’d probably go to the supreme court too, but since convicts can’t vote I ASSUME they can’t run.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years agoBad assumption. No law prevents running while in prison. Eugene Debs ran for president while in prison, for example.
Yes - obviously if he does get sent to prison he cannot be elected president. I don’t think there’s precedent for this, so it’d probably go to the supreme court too, but since convicts can’t vote I ASSUME they can’t run.
Bad assumption. No law prevents running while in prison. Eugene Debs ran for president while in prison, for example.