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Originally Posted by King 5.45
Even if he isn't legally capable of assuming the Presidency, I couldn't imagine a successful challenge keeping him out of office at this point.
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This issue should have been resolved in September after the lawsuit was filed but the DNC et al decided to play the delay card using all the legal tactics based on precedural issue to delay up to this point and creating a crisis situation. They could have simply addressed the allegations, submitted the required proof, and had the judge, as a trier-of-fact make a ruling. For reasons which would appear to an outsider as suspicious, they chose to duck, dodge, and obfuscate the issues.
As I understand it, the Constitutional proscription only applies to the assumption/retention of the office. If O' is determined ineligible before elected
officially (electorial college - not Nov 4 election) then the college would elect a different president of their choosing. IF O' is determined ineligible after college election but before inauguration then Biden becomes president-elect. If O' is declared ineligible after inauguration then hopefully he will resign for the sake of the country otherwise either his inauguration is voided by SCOTUS or, if necessary, impeachment and removal will ensue from Congress.
It would be inconceivable that he could remain in office if determined that he didn't have the Constitutional qualifications.