Trump was convicted of falsifying business records, a class E felony which is punishable by a fine, probation or up to four years in prison.
  • PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 year ago

    While everyone is right about the reasoning, no one brought up the relevant historical example: Eugene Debs in the 1920 Election… which is unfortunate because it’s a good one.

    Euegen Debs was a socialist candidate who ran in the 1920 elections after being jailed by Wilson’s Sedition Act of 1918 for opposing the US joining WW1 and the accompanying draft.

    • sanosuke001English
      3·
      1 year ago

      I was not familiar with this historical fact, thanks for the info! That’s definitely a good example of why it shouldn’t bar someone outright.