Jacob Chansley, sentenced to three years for his role in the Capitol riots, will run as a libertarian in Arizona.

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    1 year ago

    It will probably ultimately depend on whether or not the Supreme Court decides to uphold the 14th amendment of the Constitution. The lower courts are slowly working their way towards bringing that question to the Supreme Court as it relates to Trump.

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      Unfortunately, the 14th Amendment only applies to those who have “previously taken oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States”.

      Which means it does apply to *rump and the members of Congress who participated in the plot, may they soon be brought to justice.