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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Otherwise, it would be perfectly legal for a sitting president to foment insurrections at any time, which obviously makes no sense.[/quote]

If Trump is not barred from being elected, what is to stop any president losing an election in December from refusing to allow Congress to convene in January to count and certify the electoral vote.  He can just gather any militia to come and prevent the electoral college from meeting at the Capitol.  It doesn't have to be violent if they just barricade the Capitol and prevent the Congressmen and Senators from convening.  If they were not violent, then it wouldn't be insurrection.  If the military or LEO appeared, the militia would just be defending themselves from attack and ensuring a free state, but protecting the POTUS's rights.

This argument that what Trump did, in trying to impede and overturn a legally and multply recounted election that he lost, not being an insurrection and that as a then-sitting lame duck president, he have immunity would completely undermine our entire system of government by giving carte blanche power to the president to reject his departure from office, essentially declaring himself an authoritarian leader.[/quote]
This is a really good point I hadn’t seen anywhere else. Bravo/a.[/quote]

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