The U.S. Constitution does not prevent convicted felons from holding the office of the President or a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives. Individuals who have been convicted of sedition, seditious conspiracy, treason, conspiracy to defraud the United States or selling information on national defense may not run for federal office. Cities and States may prevent convicted felons from holding statewide and local offices.
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@B24D5LP10mos10MO
Mostly no, and don't allow it if they are under investigation. But there might need to be exceptions depending on what the crime was and if they've done what was required of them to make penance.
@9GYRPGG2yrs2Y
Depending on the convicted crime they committed should determine whether or not they can be a politician.
@8VZSP2X4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as it was in the past. And they swear on outh not to do it again.
@8VLDX3P4yrs4Y
No, if we punish others what makes a US president any different?
@8SXWVWXIndependent4yrs4Y
Yes, as long as they have finished serving their sentence and have a clean record since the time of the offence
@8SJP5GK4yrs4Y
It really depends. Recently, people who run for office get wrongly accused for crimes they did not commit as well as crimes that can not be proven to be true.
@8RPGWS85yrs5Y
Yes, but they should be weary that their past will be used against them.
@8R2NT5XTranshumanist5yrs5Y
Yes they should be able to if they can prove they have been rehabilitated and it wasn’t a violent crime
@8Q8HSLYIndependent5yrs5Y
Yes, as long as they have finished their sentence and are not under investigation
@8PTC2CW5yrs5Y
Yes, as long as they have finished serving their sentence and it was 2 years or longer ago and they have not committed a crime since.
@bddille5yrs5Y
Yes they should be allowed to run the American people are intelligent enough to be able to weaves hast the allegations of their crime all the details of their crime needs me made public though if they wish to run.
Yes, as long as the crime is readily available for the public to research
@99WR2D4Progressive3yrs3Y
Maybe. Depends on the crime and if they have served.
@8SSGF824yrs4Y
Yes, as long is the crime was not committed while in office and was not a felony, violent, financial, or sexual crime.
@B34YTLV8mos8MO
If the politician had committed a crime, the politician should clearly show he or she does not want to commit the crime again. Also, only politicians with very minor misdemeanor should be allowed to run, and only after they have served their sentence and have been off of their sentence for at least a few years and the crime, or another crime was not committed again.
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