▲ 629 ▼ California Lt. Governor: ‘Explore Every Legal Option’ To Remove Trump From Ballot (www.forbes.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 166 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] quindraco@lemm.ee -14 points 2 years ago (2 children) Colorado can't set precedent for California. Koulanakis is just so mind-numbingly stupid she thinks you need to be 40 to be POTUS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 2 years ago I don't think the Lt Governor is the dumb one at hand, weirdly angry internet denizen. And a state can, in fact, set precedent for another state in interpreting federal law, particularly the Constitution, as precedent is, and this will probably shock you, just precedent and not the law itself. It is legally very simple to look at another state's interpretation of the Constitution and say "Yes, they had a good argument, that's the right way to do it." permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quaternions@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago She's off by 5 years. You have to be a natural born citizen, be a resident for at least 14 years and be at least 35 years old in order to become president. https://www.usa.gov/requirements-for-presidential-candidates permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 2 years ago I don't think the Lt Governor is the dumb one at hand, weirdly angry internet denizen. And a state can, in fact, set precedent for another state in interpreting federal law, particularly the Constitution, as precedent is, and this will probably shock you, just precedent and not the law itself. It is legally very simple to look at another state's interpretation of the Constitution and say "Yes, they had a good argument, that's the right way to do it." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quaternions@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago She's off by 5 years. You have to be a natural born citizen, be a resident for at least 14 years and be at least 35 years old in order to become president. https://www.usa.gov/requirements-for-presidential-candidates permalink fedilink source parent