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The U. S. Constitution and laws provide transparent answers to some of the questions raised in the wake of the fraudulent conviction of a presidential candidate in the primaries.
By Maggie Astor
Since Eugene V. Debs campaigned from his criminal motive more than a century ago, America has never figured out what’s happening now: A prominent criminal candidate is running for president. And never before has this candidate had a genuine chance of winning.
A Manhattan jury on Thursday convicted former President Donald J. Trump for falsifying business records to conceal a secret payment to a porn star. He charged him with dozens of other crimes in three other cases: two federal and one in Georgia.
At the moment, he faces formal crossover restrictions and remains very competitive in the polls. But his conviction for the New York convictions is nearing July 11, the other instances are still in the making, and the Constitution and U. S. law have transparency. answers only to some of the questions that have arisen and may yet arise.
Others may simply take the country into really uncharted territory, where massive decisions would be in the hands of federal judges.
Here’s what we know and what we don’t.
This is the simplest of the bunch. The answer is yes.
The Constitution sets very few eligibility requirements for presidents. They will have to be at least 35 years old, be “natural-born” citizens, and have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.
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