George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Apr 4, 2025
Trump’s defiance of court rulings has many asking: Do the courts still hold real power against an autocratic president? Legal expert Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff tackles this question and more in this must-read Q&A with The Big Picture. Catch up on the conversation here. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/tobias-barrington-wolff-contempt-power
The Looming Constitutional Showdown Between Trump And The Courts

The power of contempt is an important judicial tool...but will it restrain Trump at all?

Show threadBe_OutsideApr 4, 2025
@georgetakei
courts that could and should have stopped a twice impeached felon from ever being able to run for prez in the first place, yet did not restrain him at all...?
...I think we all know the short answer to the question.
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@Rural_Canadian @georgetakei

Remarkably, neither impeachment (without conviction), nor felony criminal conviction, is a barrier to being elected president.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/presidential-qualifications-felony-crime-convictions/3518094/

Can a convicted felon run for president? It's happened before

Can Donald Trump be president again if convicted of a felony? Here's what the U.S. Constitution says about who can be president.

NBC4 Washington
Apr 4, 2025 at 4:29pmWeb