After His Second Acquittal The Democrats
Push Plan To Ban Trump From Running
For Office Again - This Can Be Done
With A Simple Majority Vote
USA Supreme,
by
Bruce Hoenshell
Original Article
Posted By: Black Conservative Voice,
2/14/2021 3:27:13 PM
McConnell and the GOP elites (GOPe) worked against President Trump for years preventing him from passing his wildly popular agenda to protect America, its workers, and its citizens. McConnell did not hold back as he ripped Trump apart for a “disgraceful dereliction of duty” and attempting to “overturn the election.” He claimed that the protesters stormed the Capitol because they had been “fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth,” and that Trump was “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.” CORRECTION*
*Failure to split wide headlines (see corrected headline above) can cause post to be deleted.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Kutchk 2/14/2021 3:29:11 PM (No. 695951)
This swamp creature must be removed.
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Rename America... I no longer recognize it.
40 people like this.
This is like watching wile e coyote and the roadrunner.
With less entertainment value.
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It's not that they're afraid of him. It's also not that they actually feel he was ruining the country. Here's the real truth: all of those trade deals he removed the US from, all of that "foreign aid" he either abolished or lowered, all of those regulations he cancelled, were moves that took piles of money in kick backs out of the pockets of career politicians. Politicians aren't multi millionaires from their meager salaries. He was messing with their nut. Ruining decades of deals that made them rich. That's why he's a threat. Nothing more.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
cor-vet 2/14/2021 3:41:41 PM (No. 695964)
Two bad the 'Donald' can't get a small cabin in Kentucky and run against McConnell. And where in the constitution does it say certain Americans can't run for re-election, right next to the constitutional right to kill unborns?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 2/14/2021 3:44:28 PM (No. 695966)
ANY and ALL attempts like this are the definition of a Bill of Attainder. And the Constitution is very clear.
From Article One, Section 9:
"No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.
ANY attempt to do this sort of thing is precisely what a Bill of Attainder is, and it is absolutely unconstitutional.
But, that hasn't stopped these insane, totalitarian thugs yet.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Condor44 2/14/2021 3:45:00 PM (No. 695968)
How stupid. He was just acquited of aiding or causing an insurrection.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
downnout 2/14/2021 3:46:34 PM (No. 695971)
If we ever had any doubts about the Pubbies, this should convince everyone that politicians (all of them) are interested in only one thing and that is their personal enrichment. They don’t give a damn about this country and her people.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 2/14/2021 3:48:22 PM (No. 695972)
From an online legal dictionary
bill of attainder
n. a legislative act which declares a named person guilty of a crime, particularly treason. Such bills are prohibited by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution.
ANY effort to write a bill against one person, or a "class of persons" which only includes one person, and which declares them to be guilty of something, or puts limits on them which are not on others, is a bill of attainder. Specifically outlawed.
They are totalitarian haters, but they do NOT have this power.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
planetgeo 2/14/2021 3:52:36 PM (No. 695976)
Ridiculous. They have absolutely no authority to restrict who the American people can vote for. Patently unconstitutional.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hershey 2/14/2021 3:53:16 PM (No. 695977)
Butt wipes will NEVER give up....a pox on all of them....
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rama41 2/14/2021 3:54:26 PM (No. 695978)
My understanding is that this effort would fail, unless his opponents could prove INTENT to participate in the suspected crime of rebellion or insurrection, or similar. Pretty high standard, unless the courts can could be packed fast enough.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Sully 2/14/2021 4:01:24 PM (No. 695986)
Of course I knew they would do this. You do not imagine actual legalities are meaningful to them do you???
They simply do as they wish and write it up as they need to vis a legalities. They will find whatever they need to find in they COTUS and law books. Kidding me?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 2/14/2021 4:02:14 PM (No. 695988)
The Deep State has declared war against its citizenry. Either conform to our Onespeak, the truth as we know it, or else we will legislate you out of existence. Wake up America, they are coming for you.
27 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Grounded 2/14/2021 4:03:34 PM (No. 695990)
Article 3. "No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an 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, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Nowhere in my reading of Article 3 of the 14th Amendment do I encounter language stating that Congress has the purview to determine whether party has engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" against the United States and vote to deprive same from holding office. It only states that Congress is empowered by a vote of 2/3 of each house to remove the stain and to reinstate said insurrectionist's ability to hold a statutory office. Am i missing something here?
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None of this would be "necessary" if Trump had actually "lost" the election.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bobn.t 2/14/2021 4:04:47 PM (No. 695995)
It just doesnt end does it.
The trump haters need to swallow their pills and take dirt naps
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
jimincalif 2/14/2021 4:05:12 PM (No. 695996)
Bill of Attainder or not, constitutional or not, that’s not the point. The Dems need President Trump as a focal point to keep everyone riled up and diverted from what they are (and are not) doing. Just like the Ayatollahs keep Iranians busy chanting ‘Death to America’, keeping the population focused on something other than what a miserable job they are doing. And of course the MSM needs Trump hysteria to maintain ratings, and GOPe wants to go back to a nice comfy role in the Uniparty where they all get rich and the middle class withers away.
20 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
BarryNo 2/14/2021 4:06:43 PM (No. 695998)
Let's win the Congress, and quickly ban all their sorry butts from office. We would have greater cause.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
XCenturion 2/14/2021 4:08:15 PM (No. 696003)
Career politicians like McConnell feel threatened by the man who exposed them all for what they really are. To them Trump has always been an outsider that was unwilling to play their style of political gamsmanship. Trumps mandate has always been to Make American Great Again. The mandate of McConnell and the rest of the political scum in DC has alway been To Hell With America, Just Line My Pockets! Judas sold out Christ, McConnell is selling out Trump and the American people!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 2/14/2021 4:11:47 PM (No. 696006)
Until now, I thought that the only countries who allowed the opposition party to determine who is eligible to oppose them were despotic dictatorships such as
Cuba/Venezuela/N.Korea.
If this nonsense is allowed to stand, we will have lost our Republic.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Lazyman 2/14/2021 4:16:12 PM (No. 696011)
He has been found not guilty. Is there a problem with double jeopardy?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
kono 2/14/2021 4:18:08 PM (No. 696013)
Getting censured renders one ineligible to holding public office? Run anyway. Eligibility stopped mattering over a decade ago, thanks to Barry.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Pucky1 2/14/2021 4:22:46 PM (No. 696019)
Just overturn bait for the Supreme Court. Congress cannot pass penalty legislation against a private citizen. Can't be enforced (see the case of Impeached U.S. Judge Alcee Hastings who later ranfor Congress and was re-elected over and over again.)
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Daisymay 2/14/2021 4:33:41 PM (No. 696033)
After they do this are they going to nail him to a Cross and stand watch until he dies? What is wrong with these people? I am so sick and tired of the Republicans going along with something like this. The Democrats would never do something like this to one of their Own no matter how much they hate the person! Those Republicans working with the Dems need to be ;kicked out of the Republican Party. No money for their campaigns. Nothing!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
PostAway 2/14/2021 4:37:36 PM (No. 696037)
God help me, but I can’t help but guffaw and laugh at these silly ass Democrats. In their zeal they reveal their weakness.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/14/2021 4:38:57 PM (No. 696039)
McConnell can also be subjected to criminal prosecution. McConnell should have to explain where all those bank deposits are coming from, and why. Why do we have no investigations of McConnell, Pelosi, Schumer. Let's put 40 FBI agents on each them for 5 years, and see what surfaces.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 2/14/2021 4:42:38 PM (No. 696044)
Please give it a rest. Besides, what's their definition of an insurrection? McConnell, for some reason, doesn't want to keep his mouth shut. Another one who just got reelected. It's probably his last term anyway at age 75, so give this up.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 2/14/2021 4:45:13 PM (No. 696048)
If they do this they will regret it.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
tsquare 2/14/2021 4:50:48 PM (No. 696052)
Think again. Congress held a faux impeachment trial with a faux judge (and faux evidence)...it would have not stood constitutional muster. Now they think they can snap their fingers and deprive a citizen of a constitutional right...no judge, no jury, no standing? That would stand about 30 microseconds before SCOTUS...
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
volksford 2/14/2021 5:07:22 PM (No. 696067)
Ditto # 4 ..the hatred for Donald Trump goes far beyond politics , Trump got into their money flow big time.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
QueenVictoria 2/14/2021 5:13:47 PM (No. 696077)
If they do, it will only make him stronger. Wonder what game the turtle is playing....can be of no benefit to holding onto his cabal of rinos he just must really hate Trump!!
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
justavoter 2/14/2021 5:14:50 PM (No. 696079)
I don’t think the Senate will make this move because it would open the door for Team Trump to file suit and the last thing the Democrats want is discovery in a sanctioned court of the stolen election.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
columba 2/14/2021 5:25:49 PM (No. 696085)
Yawn. Can we put a new movie in the player?
Hey, what's for lunch?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
snapper451 2/14/2021 5:39:25 PM (No. 696107)
Voting him out of the club he never joined, never wanted to join. This can be easily overruled in court. Clearly unconstitutional and it will do nothing but fire up our greatest President's base even more!
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
artsy 2/14/2021 5:39:37 PM (No. 696109)
Oh, I hope the Dems try this move. Trump will sue and the truth will come out about the lack of capitol hill police protecting the capitol on January 6th. Something about the riot smells so rotten. The Capitol Hill Police have refused to open the files according to John Solomon. Was it crazy Nancy Pelosi who helped plan the riot? Bring on the truth!!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Elljay 2/14/2021 5:46:06 PM (No. 696116)
Look at the way that section of the 14th Amendment is written:
“No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an 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, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
The only vote contemplated by Congress is one to remove what is otherwise an automatic disability. How could that disability be automatic? Because the language was obviously intended to apply to anyone who wore the uniform of the Confederacy or who in anyway openly supported it. It was part and parcel of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to usher in the Reconstruction era to keep the former rebels from regaining any power.
Hardly geared to Orange Man Bad.
If Congress wants to assume a power it doesn’t have, i.e. brand somebody in today’s political environment as “engaged in insurrection,“ i.e. Trump, they would have to show that he did not just ‘incite” an “insurrection,” but actually participated in it.
And how about res judicata? Or double jeopardy? Or collateral estoppel? Trump’s already been found not guilty of inciting an “insurrection” (less violent than BLM riots - 4 of the 5 Capitol deaths were by natural causes [the cop allegedly killed by a fire extinguisher is fake news; he had a stroke]). So if Trump is found not guilty of inciting the riot, how could he have been engaged in it?
If the Democrats want to get this partisan about it, I am sure if Trump applied for being on a ballot in any election in the future, and he was denied that right, he would win his case in court to overturn that obstacle.
But 2024 is a long way off. Who knows if by then the country won’t be called AmazoGoogle.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Safari Man 2/14/2021 5:51:24 PM (No. 696122)
Why do they need to prevent him from running? They have it now so he cannot win, nor can any other republican. It's all part of the charade to feign democracy.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/14/2021 5:53:08 PM (No. 696124)
As long as the Democrats control the Congress they are essentially saying that they can stop any Republican politician for running for future office with a partisan majority vote in Congress, after lodging some bogus charge against that specific Republican that would appear to be an unconstitutional bill of attainder.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/14/2021 5:58:31 PM (No. 696133)
A part of me secretly wished the good patriots were storming the Capitol on January 6. But when I saw them taking selfies and peacefully exiting the building and heading for cover because of the curfew, I knew I got my hopes up for nothing.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
MickTurn 2/14/2021 6:35:45 PM (No. 696168)
Not a legal or constitutional bill...They CAN NOT punish one person of their choosing!
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
EQKimball 2/14/2021 7:08:25 PM (No. 696203)
Each legislature consists of two chambers. Of the 100 legislative chambers in the United States, 61 are Republican and 39 are Democrat. A constitutional amendment requires approval by 3/4 of the states. The chances of this passing are slim and none, and Slim left town.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 2/14/2021 7:16:21 PM (No. 696210)
No, it can’t.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
901AtTheRiver 2/14/2021 7:29:58 PM (No. 696226)
A simple majority vote by congress removing a citizen's right is a bill of attainder. A bill of attainder is prohibited under the Constitution at BOTH federal and state level. Look it up.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 2/14/2021 7:54:10 PM (No. 696254)
Doesn't he actually have to be convicted of insurrection first?
Wasn't he just acquitted of it in the Senate?
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 2/14/2021 8:24:49 PM (No. 696284)
Okay KY, you know what you have to do. He needs to be dumped and dumped fast. If Trump has not been convicted of anything, the constitution says he can run. Doesn't matter a hill of beans what a corrupted body called congress has to say. 75 million voters have the say, not the China owned Turtle from KY.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Pete Stone 2/14/2021 9:59:43 PM (No. 696339)
Trying to use the 14th Amendment to ban someone from Federal office for a crime he was acquitted of? Uh-uh! That's a violation of 5th Amendment due process of law, or a bill of attainder (prohibited by Article I, Section 9) or both.
4 people like this.
Reply 48 - Posted by:
rytwng 2/14/2021 10:21:07 PM (No. 696349)
The Democrat Communists are so afraid of President Trump.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
ronniethek 2/15/2021 12:34:15 AM (No. 696452)
This is why the crooks keep using the term insurrection. Trump is no Robert E Lee and it you think he is you are a moron.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
judy 2/15/2021 5:27:08 AM (No. 696560)
These same people say Biden won????????
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Comments:
McConnell already confirmed that he will help the Dems!