Poll: A way to prevent another russian asset from "claiming": the White House

[SheltieLover]

I am not an attorney, so this is just an idea. I am not certain this is possible or how it might be accomplished. Perhaps state laws?

Many different jobs require a pre-interview background check, as a weed-out mechanism.

How about if ANY candidate who wants to run for president is required to pass the highest level of security clearance BEFORE ever campaigning?

This would have eliminated shitstain and Kanye West from ever making it onto the ballot.

What do you think?

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[Chichiri]

1. Good idea, probably not constitutional.

[thucythucy]

2. I vote no because such a system in GOP hands could be used

to trash perfectly reasonable Democratic candidates. They'll say "candidate X is a security risk, but national security prevents us from telling you why."

Far better and much more reasonable and transparent would be a law requiring any presidential candidate to release at least ten years' worth of federal and state tax returns.

If this can't be done on a federal level, the various states could do it. "You can't put your name on our state's ballot unless you release your taxes." If enough states did this any candidate would be forced to disclose their taxes if they wanted to be at all viable.