2023-06-13 20:00:00
The White House. JONATHAN ERNST | REUTERS
The US Constitution does not impose barriers to applicants with oppressed criminal records, although the right to vote is withdrawn
13 jun 2023 . Updated at 8:00 p.m.
The multiple judicial fronts that are open Donald Trump they do not pose a hindrance regarding their aspirations to return to the White House, since the US Constitution does not contemplate limits for candidates in case they are charged or even are in prison.
The magna carta does not mark the absence of a criminal record among the few criteria established to be president, since it only stipulates that the candidate must be a citizen by birth, over 35 years of age and have lived at least 14 in the United States. The 22nd amendment states that a person who has already served two terms cannot be president.
And there is little room to add new requirements, as constitutional experts point out, remembering that there are already Supreme Court rulings that stipulate that Congress cannot add new requirements to occupy the highest political position in the North American country.
Technically, Trump could be a candidate even from jail, a circumstance that will not be unprecedented. During the 1920 elections, Eugene Debscandidate for the Socialist Party, was imprisoned for having opposed the First World War and obtained 3% of the vote.
Thus, a hypothetical conviction or the adoption of precautionary measures against Trump, favorite for now in the Republican Party primaries, only limit your ability to campaign or even vote for yourselfsince the right to vote is restricted to people convicted of serious crimes or serving sentences – they vary depending on the state.
The tycoon has already made it clear that he does not plan to withdraw from the still budding race in the face of what he continues to consider a witch hunt by his political rivals, despite the fact that the crimes he is accused of based on the stored documents may imply a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
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