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    10 months ago

    The whole “he has to be convicted of insurrection” argument isn’t even the precedent.

    Even more important, the 14th Amendment says nothing about a requirement of conviction for the person to be excluded for eligibility because of insurrection. Specifically mentioning “conviction” as a requirement is used elsewhere in the Constitution for other things (impeachment as an example), so its not on the concept is foreign to the document.