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Yeah, there was already established law to prevent him from running for president. It got ignored. He ran anyway. He won anyway. He became president anyway.
Any of these legal mechanisms only work if they are upheld.
Under a Liberal President, a Liberal AG, and Liberal Courts no less.
Even after '16, Democrats doggedly insisted he would be easy to beat. I think that, more than anything, is what cleared his path. Liberals simply could not believe he was popular enough to win.
Because the liberals had their heads stuck in the sand because they weren't paying attention.
Except Bernie and AOC. They knew, and nobody listened.
Hey now. I'm pretty sure they listened. That's why they turned on The Squad in the '22 and '24 elections, spending hundreds of millions at the primary level to force them out. Cori Bush and Jamal Bowman lost their jobs in the last cycle, precisely because reactionaries in the (D) party were listening. Quite a few others were gated out of the system on similar grounds.
Merrick Garland. That AG's name is Merrick Garland. It should not be forgot. Merrick Garland. He sat on his ass just like Mitch McConnell thinking things would magically work themselves out without needing to do their jobs and lo and behold things did not magically work themselves out.
What law are you taking about?
Technically an amendment to the constitution, the third section of the 14th amendment, that nobody who has engaged or helped an insurrection can hold office in the government or military (except with a 2/3 majority of congress).