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brooklynite

(94,572 posts)
Tue Aug 29, 2023, 03:27 PM Aug 2023

What's your opinion of the 14th Amendment solution for keeping Trump off the ballot? (poll) [View all]


62 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
No conviction for Insurrection is needed; Election officials will remove him from the ballot
21 (34%)
No conviction for Insurrection is needed; but no Election officials will remove him from the ballot
5 (8%)
A conviction for Insurrection is needed; no Election officials will remove him from the ballot
31 (50%)
A conviction for Insurrection is needed; but Election officials will remove him from the ballot
5 (8%)
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Laws professors notwithstanding no Election official will take unilateral action absent a conviction brooklynite Aug 2023 #1
Never say never.... getagrip_already Aug 2023 #5
No conviction is needed, but that will mean little until it gets to scotus getagrip_already Aug 2023 #2
Challenging laws is the way case law is made bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #3
Schumer would take a vote in a heartbeat...... getagrip_already Aug 2023 #7
The Reconstruction Congress gave posterity a gift with A14 Sec 3 bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #11
I took a Pass PJMcK Aug 2023 #4
Christie is toxic.... it will be a dark horse getagrip_already Aug 2023 #10
Christie? Nominee... WarGamer Aug 2023 #18
I'm not a betting man! PJMcK Aug 2023 #19
Christie is at 5%... WarGamer Aug 2023 #22
All true PJMcK Aug 2023 #24
Christie Cream will be out before, or shortly after, Super Tuesday. LudwigPastorius Aug 2023 #33
If Trump is truly the weakest candidate, why remove him? former9thward Aug 2023 #6
He is still very dangerous..... getagrip_already Aug 2023 #8
This is why. Very frightening underpants Aug 2023 #14
A conviction for a relevant charge is needed Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #9
We did not see that with Griffin. former9thward Aug 2023 #20
Nevertheless, the judge didn't disqualify him until after conviction Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #26
I think we look terrible trying to keep people off ballots DVRacer Aug 2023 #12
It's a lot like cancer. If the disease threatens the patient's life, you do all you can and choke it bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #27
His disillusioned supporters Won't accept it it they keep him off by the 14th MiniMe Aug 2023 #13
Conviction necessary, no one will remove him. Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #15
Worth a try: just don't count on it struggle4progress Aug 2023 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Aug 2023 #17
Not counting on 14th A to work in this case. We'll have to beat him at polls or scare GOPers Silent Type Aug 2023 #21
Haven't you forthrightly declared dpibel Aug 2023 #23
Are DUers only supposed to start polls on questions that they don't have opinions about? onenote Aug 2023 #29
Jeez, boss, I dunno dpibel Aug 2023 #30
I've expressed my opinion. I'm interested in the aggregate opinion of the community... brooklynite Aug 2023 #31
So a call out for support? dpibel Aug 2023 #34
No idea what you're talking about. brooklynite Aug 2023 #37
not gonna happen jcgoldie Aug 2023 #25
We deserve to have the supreme court take up the issue before the election ecstatic Aug 2023 #28
He IS running. He will be the nominee. He will be on the GE ballot in a majority of states, Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #32
It's not going to happen. Patterson Aug 2023 #35
It is all unprecedented. kentuck Aug 2023 #36
A conviction is needed Zeitghost Aug 2023 #38
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