• RegalPotoo@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Oh totally, if you are playing by the rules then this can’t happen.

    What happens if the GOP appoints him as their candidate in 4 years time? Presumably someone asks the supreme court to weigh in, but given it’s current make up, what happens if they say “yeah sure, because democrats are The Enemy” or something?

    It’s just people, breaking the rules is always an option. Rules and laws only work if they are enforceable - and at the end of the day, who would be enforcing that he can’t run? The military? State militias?

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      7 days ago

      I fully expect them to come up with some kind of insane rationale to try to get around the 22nd amendment and it will come down to a stacked deck supreme court to rule on its constitutionality

      It will be fun to watch the Supreme Court justices try their best to distort reality on an amendment specifically designed to handle instances such as this.

      It’s going to be a brain melter for sure

      I think I might just sell everything I own, quit my job and move somewhere low cost and tropical after November 7, 2028

      I wish I had already done it. I just honestly didn’t think America would elect a convicted felon. Even just misspelling the word “potato” used to be a deal breaker

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
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      7 days ago

      State militias

      Yeah, that’s who was supposed to be the last resort. Buuuut…our modern “militias” probably would just turn their guns back on us for him.