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Did it target those who simply exercised free speech to support unpopular causes or only those who took up arms? “If they don’t like President Trump, they need to get involved in an election,” Gessler said after the first day. “We are here because Trump claims, after all that, that he has the right to be president again,” attorney Eric Olson said. Trump is so far dominating the Republican presidential primary, and the lawsuits to block him were organized by two separate liberal groups. Wallace said she didn’t recall the donation until the motion was filed and has no preconceptions about the legal issues in the case.

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The practice of citizen-originated ballot measures began 125 years ago when South Dakota became the first in the nation to enact a statewide initiative and referendum process. But some still invoke his name in their fight to preserve voters’ ballot measure rights. “It represents for me the fundamental idea of the equal dignity of every human being,” said Heidelberger, who blogs about South Dakota politics. The political conditions were brief but just right in 1897 for lawmakers to approve it; voters passed it the following year. In a memoir compiled by the state Socialist Party, Haire is credited with writing the amendment itself.

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☆ Trump’s Bathroom Reading at Mar-a-Lago - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — It’s shocking how easy it is to imagine Donald Trump campaigning for the presidency from prison. Maybe he’d even be able to smuggle in his special Tang-colored hair bleach. It wouldn’t be the first time someone tried for the White House from the Big House. In 1920, after being imprisoned on sedition charges for excoriating American involvement in World War I, which he considered a capitalistic war, Eugene Debs won about 900,000 votes as the Socialist Party nominee. “I will be a candidate at home in seclusion,” he joked when asked how he would campaign.

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☆ The Three Other Trump Investigations
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( German Lopez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At least three investigations could bring more criminal charges against him. Separately, a grand jury in Georgia could charge Trump by September for his attempts to change the state’s election results. “It is certainly possible that there will be more indictments,” my colleague Alan Feuer, who is covering the federal inquiries, told me. “But it is also certainly possible that there aren’t.”A trial or a conviction also would not necessarily stop Trump from running for president. Some legal experts believe he could even try to govern from prison, should he win the presidency.

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☆ Can Trump still run for president after being indicted? Yes, and he can even campaign if convicted.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in New York. A presidential candidate can still run for office despite being indicted — or even convicted — of a crime. The grand jury's decision to indict Trump makes him the first former president in US history to be indicted on a felony charge. A Quinnipiac University national poll released Wednesday found that 57% of respondents believed criminal charges should disqualify Trump from office. Respondents' political leanings had an impact on their answers; 75% of Republicans believed the charges should not disqualify Trump, while 88% of Democrats believed the opposite.

☆ Trials, pardons, prison time: How Trump's legal woes could play out and what it means for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

The warrant also indicated that the Justice Department was investigating whether Trump violated three federal laws, including the Espionage Act, related to the handling of national security information. Here are some possibilities:The investigations conclude with no charges filedIn the US's 250-year history, no ex-commander in chief has ever faced criminal charges. In all, the former president, if convicted, would be facing up to 33 years of incarceration, according to legal experts. That begs the question: If Trump is charged, convicted, and winds up in prison, can he still run for president in 2024? He made headlines during his presidency for wondering why he couldn't have "my guys" at the "Trump Justice Department" do his bidding.

☆ Here's how Donald Trump could theoretically run for president in 2024 and govern the US from prison, according to 9 legal scholars
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Robin Bravender | Tina Sfondeles | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

If Trump landed in prison, nothing in the Constitution would block him from another White House run, according to nine legal experts interviewed by Insider. He served eight years in federal prison after being convicted on public-corruption charges. In the Oval Office, Trump conducted business at the ornate Resolute Desk. If he wound up in federal prison, he'd likely have more sway over his fate. Hochul would all but certainly reject calls to cut Trump legal slack in any fashion, pardons included.

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