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Is being found guilty of election subversion to stay in power as president enough to disqualify either appearing on a presidential ballot or from taking office as president?
NO. WHAT HAPPENED IN COLORADO WAS AN APPEAL FROM A CIVIL PROCEDING, NOT A CRIMINAL TRIAL. YOU NEED A SEPARATION PROCEEDING.
A CRIMINAL INDICTMENT FOR INSURRECTION RESULTS IN A DIFFERENT PROCEEDING THAN A CIVIL HEARING TO DISQUALIFY A CANDIDATE FOR INSURRECTION. A PERSON MAY BE FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL BEFORE ONE JURY AND JUDGE, BUT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IN A CIVIL TRIAL BEFORE A DIFFERENT JURY AND JUDGE. THE OPPOSITE MAY BE TRUE. GUILTY AT THE CRIMINAL TRIAL, NOT LIABLE AT THE CIVIL TRIAL.
