Libertarian Party Embraces Remorseless QAnon Shaman’s Run for Office
Jacob Chansley hopes to soon work in the same building he stormed in 2021, but it appears he’s done with the Republican Party.
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Remember. He is a felon. That means he cannot vote in an election, but he absolutely can be elected to created laws. It's so weird thinking about that out loud.
To be fair, allowing felons to run for office means that a leader's political enemies can't be charged with phony crimes in order to prevent them from running for office. It's a safeguard against authoritarianism.
But ironically in this case, it means someone who illegally rebeled in support of an authoritarian overthrow of democracy is given another chance to support authoritarianism.
Yeah we don't want political shenanigans to happen that easily. Looking at you, India.
Actually? He served in the military (US navy,) and took an oath to defend and uphold the constitution,
The 14th absolutely applies, and he is ineligible to hold any public office - including city-level positions.
Of course, we want him to be ineligible. Yet, there's zero legal authority that has ruled him ineligible.
Keep dreaming that it'll happen. We're truly in the "Twilight Zone" of removedville.
The constitution has zero legal authority.
The constitution is the single highest legal authority in the US. No law may be written violating it. It sets the legal basis for the existence of the US government, describes the nature of how it is to be run, and who is eligible to hold office. It esposues rights and processes.
the entire basis of the legal system depends on the us constitution, and it's amendments, both as the guiderails and the source of authority. So when the 14th amendment, section 3 says that a person who having previously taken an oath to defend the constitution and then leads an insurrection is ineligible; they're ineligible. There's really no mincing words on that one.
Unless perhaps, you're arguing that the insurrection on jan 6 wasn't in fact, an insurrection. (perhaps you suggest they were just... tourists?). Even though their stated goal was to disrupt and stop the lawful proceedings of congress- specifically counting the votes as cast by the electoral college.
Jacob Chansley served in the US navy, therefore he's taken an oath to defend the constitution. he particapted (most... LARPishly...) in the jan 6 insurrection.
I don't disagree with you, but I would make the argument that laws only matter when they're enforced. If the law says "You can't do X" and a bunch of goons do X, what happens?
Someone backs down, or violence, probably.
So if the 14th amendment says he can't run, that only matters if it's enforced. Do you think it's going to be enforced?
It does t say he can’t run.
It doesn’t even say he can’t be elected.
But he can’t hold the office. Either congress (both senate and reps,) agrees to let him in by a 2/3’s vote or they call the sergeant at arms and go from there.
As for which way that goes… it depends highly on who has power in the next cycle, and you’re right about laws not being enforced, which is why I’m increasingly pessimistic about our future as a country.
You seem to have missed the key word, "ruled", but nice rundown.
There is neither a mandate he be “ruled” ineligible by any entity. The constitution as written has already deemed him ineligible by the simple facts:
-he took an oath to defend the constitution -he participated in an insurrection.
The constitution lays out other requirements, as well, elsewhere, including being of a certain age (30 senate, 25 for rep.) the courts don’t rule anyone whose 24 ineligible- they just are.
They can be expelled easily when they got to take office. “Uh nope. Weren’t you that guy? Yes? Well buhbye. Aren’t you supposed to be in jail?!”
Who do you think is going to do this expelling? Do you imagine that there is some meta-governmental body, at the highest level, that can be relied upon to block anybody who isn't following the rules, other than a court? Nobody 24 runs, because they know they would be ruled ineligible. Ultimately, government works because of functioning institutions. The Supreme Court is not, currently, a functioning institution.
But nevermind that. The point is that, if you wanted to suggest that a ruling wouldn't, or shouldn't, be necessary, you could have said so, but you did not. You said that, if no legal authority had ruled him ineligible, that must mean the Constitution has zero legal authority. The Constitution doesn't make rulings. Your comment was entirely unrelated to the comment you were responding to, because you ignored the word "ruled", whether you think a ruling is necessary or not.
Don't worry about it too much. All a libertarian ballot is going to do is take votes away from the Republican candidate.
Bingo, the tea party basically created the "do you uphold your oath" shit to cops, they should probably know better.
Remember, he’s also a moron.