"“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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    10 months ago

    If he’s disqualified for the office, those ballots will be void.

    You can write in Arnold Schwarzenegger and he could get a majority, but those votes would all be void, since he is not a natural-born citizen.

    What’s the saying that the Republicans love so much?

    The US is not a democracy, it’s a constitutional republic.

    There is only one way to peacefully change the constitution - and that’s through an amendment.

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      10 months ago

      The naturalization clause of the constitution for presidential eligibility has never been tested, and actually is quite a complex interpretation, so it’s not absolute to say Arnie would be ineligible.

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      10 months ago

      Congrats on missing the point.

      Also

      There is only one way to peacefully change the constitution - and that’s through an amendment.

      So did you miss the part where I started the statement with “Should amend”?