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Have not heard the following discussed at all. Perhaps you have a take on this. The US Constitution Article 2/Section 4 deals with impeachment and removal from office. Can this section in any way apply in the case of Donald Trump's conviction on May 30th? While it clearly gives a path for removal while a civil officer is in office, doesn't it, by implication, make anyone convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors ineligible to HOLD office? In the case of Donald Trump, it seems he would be eligible to run for the office of President, get elected, but immediately when he began to serve as President, he could be removed as per Article 2/Section 4 as a convicted felon. The article does not state that the civil officer must have become a convicted felon ONLY while IN office. Thoughts?
For better or worse, being convicted of a felony does not bar persons from becoming president of the United States. Eugene Debs ran for president from prison in 1920 and got about one million votes. The impeachment provision has generally been held to apply only to acts committed while in office. Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment covers insurrection, but that is not what Trump was convicted for.
