As absurd as it sounds, criminal charges wouldn't legally prevent Donald Trump from running for president. But here's what could stop him from taking office. (Deadline: Legal Blog)
No person shall . . . hold any office . . . under the United States . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . as an officer of the United States . . . 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.disqualification from office
under federal law, yet those three constitutional requirements — natural born citizenship, residency and age — may still be the only things needed to run for president. For now, however, when it comes to the simple matter, absurd as it sounds, of whether criminal charges alone would legally prevent Trump or anyone else from running for president, the answer is no.Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and is the author of the forthcoming book “Bizarro” about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MSNBC, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
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