If so, then why?

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    5 months ago

    The concern of the founding fathers was that one state would have political reasons to rush a trial and get a legitimate candidate convicted of a crime in their court. If the conviction was legitimate, it was supposed to be handled by the Electors of the Electoral College.

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      5 months ago

      If the conviction is legitimate, the Electoral College has ways to shut that down.