▲ 472 ▼ Proud Boys leader predicts Trump will pardon him as he bemoans prison food (www.newsweek.com) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/news@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments In the wake of his 17-year jail sentence, Joseph Bigg said: "Oh, I know he'll pardon. I believe that with all my heart."
[–] Melody@lemmy.one -3 points 3 years ago (2 children) This is blatantly false. The 14th Amendment prohibits it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) There is no clear mechanic to do that with. I am sure some blue states will pull him off the ballot but he was going to lose those states anyhow. When it goes to court you know and I know the Supreme Court will grab it and say it doesn't count for whatever bullshit reason they come up with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Melody@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago The wording of the 14th amendment is clear. SCOTUS will not save him if he catches a conviction; which he is under about 100+ counts of across Congress, Federal and State courts. I place the likelihood of all of those charges failing at near zero permalink fedilink source parent [–] SymphonicResonance@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is blatantly false. The 14th Amendment prohibits it. Quote the part of the 14th Amendment where it prohibits someone from being elected to an office. I'll link the Amendment here: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/ If you read what i said, i differentiated between being elected and holding office. Careful when you say something is "blatantly false". That sounds like you were accusing me of lying, and that can create a toxic community. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) There is no clear mechanic to do that with. I am sure some blue states will pull him off the ballot but he was going to lose those states anyhow. When it goes to court you know and I know the Supreme Court will grab it and say it doesn't count for whatever bullshit reason they come up with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Melody@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago The wording of the 14th amendment is clear. SCOTUS will not save him if he catches a conviction; which he is under about 100+ counts of across Congress, Federal and State courts. I place the likelihood of all of those charges failing at near zero permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Melody@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago The wording of the 14th amendment is clear. SCOTUS will not save him if he catches a conviction; which he is under about 100+ counts of across Congress, Federal and State courts. I place the likelihood of all of those charges failing at near zero permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SymphonicResonance@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago This is blatantly false. The 14th Amendment prohibits it. Quote the part of the 14th Amendment where it prohibits someone from being elected to an office. I'll link the Amendment here: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/ If you read what i said, i differentiated between being elected and holding office. Careful when you say something is "blatantly false". That sounds like you were accusing me of lying, and that can create a toxic community. permalink fedilink source parent