It’s been a while since I’ve had a piece published in a print issue of Reason, and I’m especially happy that it gets a nice cover this time. The article is now available in digital format (but of course you should also subscribe to the print magazine if you don’t already).
From the article:
It’s a safe bet that none of his criminal trials will reach a conclusion before November. But there is a real possibility that one or more of his trials could reach a verdict by Election Day. No doubt some of these prosecutions were brought with the hope of knocking Trump off the ballot, or at least damaging his candidacy, and some look more like a political Hail Mary than a standard criminal case, but Trump is at serious risk of conviction in a. at least some of them.
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There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a current inmate of a state or federal penitentiary from running for or winning the presidency. It is not surprising that the constitutional legislators did not foresee the possibility that the American electorate could make such a choice, and therefore did not think to take this possibility into account. Therefore, we must now consider what would happen if Trump were criminally convicted and elected president.
Read all about it here.