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Donald Trump is at war with the Constitution's insurrection clause—just 2 sentences in an amendment added after the Civil War (fortune.com)
submitted 11 months ago by BobTheBoozer@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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"“If President Trump committed a heinous act worthy of disqualification, he should be disqualified for the sake of protecting our hallowed democratic system, regardless of whether citizens may wish to vote for him in Colorado,”

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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The US seems to disqualify quite a lot of voters for reasons that don't apply in most other "western" countries though.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

That may be true, I'm not sure on the facts surrounding that. If you have specific sources, I'd be interested in seeing them.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Well, can jailed people vote in the US?

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Fair point, but I think that only applies to felonies (you can generally vote if it's just a misdemeanor), and most states restore voting rights as soon as they're released.

Do other countries allow currently incarcerated people with felonies to vote?

[-] LoveSausage@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yea , that is more a 3rd world country way. Most countries do not remove basic rights besides you freedom when jailing them. Can't think of any examples actually.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -4 points 11 months ago

Some of them can, yes.

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