Counterpoint - convicted felons should be able to be greeters at walmart.
If you prevent felons from holding office it gives a huge incentive to the party in control to make their opposition felons.
Counter counterpoint, we SHOULD have a court system that is unbiased, apolitical, and unable to be influenced by the president of the United States, past or present.
Yes. Criminal history should only be relevant for like "convicted of embezzling = not allowed to be accountant"
That said criminal history being relevant to political office is a bad idea else you end up being russia just kangaroo courting political rivals
"And did you know if you were caught, and you were smokin' crack
McDonald's wouldn't even wanna take it back?
You could always just run for mayor of D.C." - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Good Charlotte)
Honestly being impeached should disqualify someone from being president again and I pretty sure they only reason that’s not explicitly stated in the constitution is no one ever imagined the populace would be so stupid as to even entertain the idea.
But here we are…
While amusing, the reason felons can be president is so that the legal system can't be used as a political weapon. It's completely unfair that felons can't get a job, but the two circumstances aren't at all comparable.
Honestly, we look to our leaders to set an example. I think all but the most menial jobs should list 'being a convicted felon' as a required qualification.
On one side I agree. On the other hand isn't this something that if this somehow was a gap, they they simply address the facts that felons just can't run for President?
I mean this seems like a reasonable statement. This isn't your store manager or DBA.
I would be okay with felons being enfranchised again. Because I'm also against the idea that making a drug possession charge stick should disenfranchise someone, nor bar them from holding public office. We've already got a law barring insurrectionists and traitors from doing so. 1/2
2/2 That's why the Jan 6 trials are so important and why they've been postponed so hard. Because he WOULD be convicted and then they would have to nominate someone else to be dictator. And they don't have his successor buttered up for Prime Time yet.
