Summary
Missouri state Representative Michael Davis has introduced the “Donald J. Trump Election Qualification Act,” a bill allowing individuals convicted of felonies to run for public office if otherwise qualified.
The legislation, named after Donald Trump, seeks to repeal a 2015 state law barring felons from candidacy in local or statewide elections.
Davis argues the law should align with Trump’s election as president despite his 34 felony convictions in New York.
He advocates for reintegration of felons into society, emphasizing their rights as citizens to participate in government and elections.
You do realize that it is in legal speak for the exact reason you’re saying that it shouldn’t be, right? There are people who study law their entire lives, and it’s literally their job to argue about how these words are interpreted. They’re not for you and I to easily parse. If they were, they’d be way more broken and filled with even more stupid loopholes.
Almost as if this is something that we’ve honed over thousands of years of experience with human behavior and not just completely arbitrary.