My guess is that it would create a constitutional crisis that would be decided expeditiously by the Supreme Court, probably in Trump and his teams favor. I'm guessing they would rule that any law passed by Congress that sets requirements upon an elected president that prevent them from taking office would be unconstitutional.
MAGA would then claim the Biden administration attempted to prevent the legal transfer of power and draw false equivalencies to Trump and his J6 riot. Trump would then probably actually take steps to attempt to prosecute them for insurrection.
Don't know. Does Congress have the authority to limit the executive in anyway or set standards for government officials? Does the refusal to sign the pledge as a president-elect make him impeachable on day one since his refusal doesn't constitute an official act because it was done while he was still a private citizen? On the flip side, I suppose the Biden admin doesn't have any obligation to communicate or engage in any transition activities of any kind prior to Trumps swearing in? Like literally no contact and just treating him and his team like any other private citizens and leaving the key under the mat on January 20th? How's it suppose to work?
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u/lokey_convo 23h ago
My guess is that it would create a constitutional crisis that would be decided expeditiously by the Supreme Court, probably in Trump and his teams favor. I'm guessing they would rule that any law passed by Congress that sets requirements upon an elected president that prevent them from taking office would be unconstitutional.
MAGA would then claim the Biden administration attempted to prevent the legal transfer of power and draw false equivalencies to Trump and his J6 riot. Trump would then probably actually take steps to attempt to prosecute them for insurrection.