I know it seems premature to be worrying about 2024, but if we don't want to end up as a fascist state in the near future, planning ahead is pretty important.
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impeaching trump so he can't run again, or forcing at least some GOP actors to commit publicly to distancing from him is important. prosecuting him and enablers so they're not in a position to run is important.
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It's weird that you can't be impeached after you leave office if it has the consequence of preventing you from becoming president a second time?
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oh. then that should happen soon if it doesn't happen now.
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Yup, you're barred from future office and you lose all the post-presidential perks (the $200k pension, the office space and travel budget, the Secret Service detail)
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It's honestly questionable how generous these perks are and whether it's in the best interests of the country to have them, now that it's been completely normalized for ex-presidents to get on the private sector gravy train
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Like the whole point was to make it so ex-presidents *wouldn't have to* choose between using their status to get jobs and gigs and perks in the private sector or ending up poor because there's no way they can get a "real job" without doing that "The dignity of the office"
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But now they get all the official perks AND they milk the private sector as hard as they can in order to make 1%er money with "ex-president and celebrity" as their job and no one cares Obama gets the $200k as gravy on top of his Netflix deal etc
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And I don't specifically begrudge Obama doing this - everyone has done it since Ford did it and opened the floodgates for what was considered acceptable But sheesh
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I remain unconvinced about the disqualification position; the language in the Constitution isn't too specific about what counts as an 'office of trust or profit' or whatever. I wouldn't read that to include elected officials BUT.
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As we've heard quite a bit now, the president is not an elected official; he's appointed by a special body.
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