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minus-squareRocket@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 年前What does this mean for his presidential candidacy? Can he still run?
minus-squareNull User Object@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 年前My understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. https://prisoninsight.com/can-you-run-for-president-in-prison/
minus-squarealyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 年前 My understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. most famously this happened with Eugene Debs, yeah
minus-squareConstableJelly@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 年前Breaks my heart to hear him mentioned in the same context as trump. “While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free…”
minus-squareAfkargh@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 年前Oddly enough, he can run. But as far as I know, he would be ineligible to vote.
What does this mean for his presidential candidacy? Can he still run?
My understanding is yes, he can even run if convicted and in prison. https://prisoninsight.com/can-you-run-for-president-in-prison/
most famously this happened with Eugene Debs, yeah
Breaks my heart to hear him mentioned in the same context as trump.
“While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free…”
Ah, America and its freedom…
Oddly enough, he can run. But as far as I know, he would be ineligible to vote.