This is a quote from "The Abolition of Man" by C.S. Lewis. I just finished reading it, and would highly recommend it. It's almost prophetic in it's critique of "modern" education and morality, and it was written almost 80 years ago!
From my understanding of the Constitution, neither treason nor any other crime disqualifies you from becoming for president. You just need to be a US citizen, 35 years old, and have lived in the US for 14 years.
Realistically, he would step down, the DNC would choose another candidate, he could be impeached, or the 25th amendment / Succession Act would kick in.
Some fun facts
Beyer is 82.
Thomas is 72.
Alito is 70.
It's not impossible that all three to retire or pass away in the next four years.
2A for sure.
I think overturning Roe v Wade is a pipe dream that has no realistic basis. It has been established precedent for decades, and Trump hasn't nominated the Scalia-esque justices necessary to even think about overturning it. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are center-right justices. Kavanaugh even voted in favor of abortion rights in one of his first major decisions. In short, it ain't happening.
Also Reza: "Well not MY dead body obviously. Just the bodies of the useful idiots I've been brainwashing."
Their threats ring hollow. The country has already been shut down since March. Riots have been going on since May. Learn some new material because no one is listening.
As soon as you're no longer useful, the Left will throw you to the wolves, blame you for their problems, and pretend like they never allied with you in the first place.
But apparently all of the gains in the stock market that happened during Trump's presidency are "Obama's economy."
First, the president has no authority over the election because we do not have federal elections. We have 50 state (+ DC) elections which are overseen by the respective state Secretaries of State. It is the SoS who decides when to declare a winner or continue counting.
At the time the constitution was written there was no way of knowing who the president was on election night. States had roughly 1 month to tally votes and choose who to send to the electoral college based on the winner. My understanding is that the president of the Senate (who is VP Pence) calls for the vote tally of the electoral college around December 6, though an act from Congress might be able to delay the tally. When a candidate reaches 270 electoral votes, they are declared president-elect to be sworn in on January 20.
In 2000, SCOTUS stopped the recount in Florida and required that they declare a winner and allocate their electoral votes. This is the only precedent I know of. My understanding is that if states do not send electors to the college in December because they haven't stopped counting, their states electoral votes will not be counted, which could result in a candidate not receiving 270 votes. At that point a contingent election is called and the House and Senate vote on the president and vice president.
I'm sure Rittenhouse's lawyers popped a bottle of champagne when they read that. Dumbass Marxist making it easy for the defense.
This person would have absolutely no problem if there were Biden/Harris ads on the WaPo front page
If you don't like them, get an ad blocker grandpa!
One of the big surprises of 2016 was that 45% of Millennials voted for Donald Trump. Peter Zeihan said that Millennials have aged out of their stereotype, seeing as most are in their thirties and have on average two kids.
All those participation trophies and safe spaces didn't prepare an entire generation for the realities of life, and they've gotten anger and bitter about it. As they age, they've shifted to conservatism much quicker and much younger than previous generations. They're also the second largest generation in US history after the Boomers.
In short, not really. Barcodes do have a numbering system that can sometimes denote country of origin, but it's not as simple as the pictures suggests nor all that accurate. I've never found any obvious consistency when I tried to test it.
Easier just to look for the "MADE IN XXXX" label. If there isn't one, my rule is that it wasn't made in the US.
It's a shame. All she had to do was wear a mask, right?
Guys, I'm thinking the argument that "Saying black lives matter doesn't mean other lives don't matter too" was disingenuous.
Another example of the MSM thinking you're too dumb to remember the primary debates where Harris was the worst debater on the stage by far.
Look up mandatory minimums. It was a part of the war on drugs and definitely a real thing. No matter what a judge felt was an appropriate sentence, they were required by law to put someone away for a certain amount of time.
As for your second point, that is a great question. It seems that in the USA, the common perception is that prison is meant to punish criminals rather than rehabilitate them. The USA also has a high recidivism (repeat offender) rate, and personally I think there's more than just correlation between those two points.
To answer your question, I think it's the state's responsibility to do both, since a criminal is the state's responsibility anyways. There are some people who need to be in prison, which is why we have a life sentence, but if we don't teach bad people how to be good people, they are going to to continue being bad people when they get out.
Edit: a great video that just got posted here this morning
There's a double whammy here I missed the first time I read it.
"make the race a straight referendum on Trump"
Why are the Democrats still painting this election as a referendum on Trump four years later? How the hell is it a referendum when Trump is finishing his term? They are running on straight "orange man bad" and nothing else.
One of the main components of the First Step Act was reducing mandatory minimum sentences enacted in the 90's (Clinton, Biden, etc.). We were putting people in prison for 20 years for nonviolent offenses, like smoking pot. Obviously if someone commits a crime they should be punished, but for decades the sentences were massively out of proportion to the acts committed, imo.
In addition, the legislation provided support for released prisoners who had showed genuine reform while incarcerated. Recidivism is a huge problem so helping people re-integrate and avoid future convictions is a huge benefit.
I can't even imagine being so low energy about a candidate that I am publishing articles admitting that I don't think he'll carry out his term BEFORE THE ELECTION!
My argument has always been that healthcare falls under the unalienable right to life. However, you may have a right to healthcare, but you do not have a right to someone else's labor, i.e. the doctors, nurses, and professionals that would provide that healthcare.
The irony is that his victim will probably be counted as a COVID death.
I'd like to see DeSantis run. The media threw a lot of shit at him over his virus response, but he seems to have gotten the last laugh. He's likable, represents an important state, has executive experience, and is wholeheartedly pro-MAGA.
I'd pepper in that you couldn't vote for Trump because of all the opportunities he has given the black community like low unemployment and the First Step Act. Really drive home that Biden is the racist one, not Trump.
Yeah but Tom Arnold has a tape of Trump saying the N-word that he's gonna release any day now. So what if he's been saying that for five years. This is just whataboutism