The government also says I can’t vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger for president, because he’s constitutionally ineligible for that office. The reasons someone can be ineligible for the presidency seem to be fair, and accurately enforcing them isn’t a slippery slope.
The 14th amendment section 3 lays out that someone who takes an oath of office and then engages in insurrection is ineligible to hold office unless Congress removes that ineligibility, and this seems to be what Trump has done.
If anything, if he’s truly ineligible, not removing him from ballots is the thing that should be concerning. Maybe SCOTUS will deem him actually eligible, but not starting that process seems to be the wrong thing to do if you believe he’s actually ineligible.
The government also says I can’t vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger for president, because he’s constitutionally ineligible for that office. The reasons someone can be ineligible for the presidency seem to be fair, and accurately enforcing them isn’t a slippery slope.
The 14th amendment section 3 lays out that someone who takes an oath of office and then engages in insurrection is ineligible to hold office unless Congress removes that ineligibility, and this seems to be what Trump has done.
If anything, if he’s truly ineligible, not removing him from ballots is the thing that should be concerning. Maybe SCOTUS will deem him actually eligible, but not starting that process seems to be the wrong thing to do if you believe he’s actually ineligible.