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Many of Trump’s proposals for his second term are surprisingly extreme, draconian, and weird, even for him. Here’s a running list of his most unhinged plans.
The text literally says “any office”. Not sure what you’re talking about here.
So why do you think they left POTUS out of the list when they listed out other important positions? Why not just say “any office” is that’s all inclusive?
Read the excerpt, then go read the rest of the paper at the link. The context of why is in the other sections, before and after 5 which I quoted above.
I read the excerpt, and it makes no mention of why they explicitly call out senators but not the post, and vaguely referencing a 55 page paper just leads me to believe you have no explanation.
If this is not the case, could you put the argument in your own words?
Oh, by all means. You see the President has to take an oath of office to defend the Constitution, and the Framers thought that nobody in their right minds could be stupid enough to think that the Fourteenth Amendment didn’t apply to the Office of the President, or the person holding that Office, because the Fourteenth Amendment applies to whether people who break their Oaths of Public Office get to hold Public Office. To wit, they do not. Not unless a quorum of the sitting government says they can with a vote to that effect, anyway.
As such, it was obvious to the Framers that this would also bar someone from the Presidency. As it says in the context I asked you to read.
You’re not arguing why one and not the other, but why it should apply to the POTUS even though it doesn’t say POTUS.
I’m not saying I disagree, but the same argument could be made for senator or representative as well. So why call out these specifically and not the other?
If you’re resting your hat on “well it obviously applies to senator but not POTUS” when I would think, without specific clarification, that it would obviously apply to both … Well then I think they justified her ruling as reasonable.
Everyone who takes an oath of office is covered by the Fourteenth Amendment. Why?
THEY ALL TAKE OATHS OF OFFICE
That’s it. That’s the answer to your question. If you want to know why the Fourteenth Amendment was written, that’s also in the paper I linked. Your weaponised ignorance disguised as well-meaning debate only works as long as you aren’t being obviously disingenuous.
No, it isn’t. This is even a shift from your previous argument. But, again, it’s just why you think the POTUS is included, but not why they explicitly call out senators but not the POTUS.
It’s fair to say you don’t know, which is basically what I’m saying here, but claiming that I’m weaponizing my ignorance when I’m asking you to explain, while you’re claiming a conclusion is clear despite yours… Well that seems incredibly backwards.
What I am stating hasn’t shifted at all. Your “argument” is that because the President isn’t explicitly listed in the text, then “we can’t know if they’re covered”. Do you think every list everywhere has to be exhaustive, even when criteria and examples are listed? You know what the text does state?
Section Three states:
I’ll bold and italicise the really important bits, and delete the bits that aren’t relevant, because you seem to have trouble with the word “or” in lists:
The ONLY argument that “this doesn’t cover the Presidency” is that “The Presidency is not an Office of the United States, and the person who holds the Presidency is not an Officer of the United States”. This is obviously wrong as the actual, explicit text is “any office, civil or military”, and the actual requirement is “having previously taken an oath of office, then engaging in insurrection against that office”.
YOU are obviously wrong, because “any office” is pretty fucking explicit - the Presidency is an Office of the US, as laid out in that 55 page paper you refuse to fucking read. “Civil or military” - the President is both. “Previously having taken an oath as an officer of the United States” - check, taking the Presidency does indeed require an oath beforehand. “Having engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same” - yep, he did that too. That’s all the requirements, so are you still going to come back with “but president not listed 🤔” as though it’s at all valid?
Edit: Fuck this, I’ve made my point very clearly, and there is no point in engaging further with you because either you get it or you’re a concern troll - maybe both. Good day.