CantaloupeLifestyle@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMAGA furious over Mitt Romney saying he'd vote for Democratswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1886arrow-down112
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minus-squareBilliam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoThe US Constitution doesn’t prohibit people from running for office while in prison. On the one hand, it helps to prevent the party in power from jailing their opponents to keep from losing power. On the other hand… Well, this.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoFamously, Eugene Debs ran his entire campaign from prison.
The US Constitution doesn’t prohibit people from running for office while in prison. On the one hand, it helps to prevent the party in power from jailing their opponents to keep from losing power. On the other hand… Well, this.
Famously, Eugene Debs ran his entire campaign from prison.