A week after Trump’s election victory, a Manhattan judge is poised to decide whether to uphold the hush money verdict or dismiss it because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in July that gave presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution.
I can’t wait to see what logic they use to justify the fact that he committed a crime before he was president and was convicted after he was president.
“It’s a well established fact that being president changes a man. Therefore the Trump who committed the crime is a different person from the Trump who was convicted. The conviction cannot stand.”
Real question. If Trump goes to prison, does Vance take over at president? If so, would Trump be eligible for another since he only served one term due to this?
I don't think he'd automatically take over. They'd probably have to use the 25th Amendment to allow the cabinet to transfer power, because god knows he'd never give it up himself.
But Trump would not be eligible for another term. The 22nd Amendment says "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice".
Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if there's another Trump assassin soon after the inauguration, maybe even at the inauguration, but this one is strangely successful and then Vance becomes president.
For the first question, I don't know. It's uncharted territory.
And as per the second question, it's dependent on what exactly happens. Term limits apply to the elections, not time spent in office or anything else. The clock only starts ticking when someone is sworn into office. So Trump getting sent to jail could actually give him a third term if he only serves two years. But there's like a 90% chance he doesn't survive the next four years.
I know if you were to go back in my comments I have said that I need to take a break from the news and that’s clearly true. But I also need to call out how fucking stupid all these articles asking “Will trump ***”, the people that need to be informed about them aren’t going to be swayed if they even read them. The effects will have to hit them for them to care