Argumentative Essay On Felons In Congress

Felons in Congress As we know, many people in congress have been convicted for at least one felony. Why is it that these felonies do not stop them from being able to serve in congress? (Caune) Although people make mistakes and they can become a better person, I believe that politicians who have formally been convicted of certain crimes should not be able to serve our country, because of their reputation and issues concerning trust. Many politicians have been charged with a felony of some sort, but nothing in the Constitution disqualifies a felon from serving time in prison. Why is this so? You can’t vote if you’re a felon, but you can run for office? Although you can still run, that does not mean you can avoid serving time in prison. I don’t believe that everyone convicted should be exempt. It should depend on what you did and why you did so. If you stole money for nothing but your own greedy reasons, then you should not be able to run, but if you killed …show more content…
In the state of Alabama, no person convicted of embezzlement of the public money, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime, shall be eligible to the legislature, or capable of holding any office of trust or profit. Also, in the state of Mississippi no person shall be eligible to a seat in either house of the Legislature, or to any office of profit or trust, who shall have been convicted of bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime; and any person who has been convicted of giving or offering, directly , or indirectly, any bribe to procure his election or appointment, and any person who gives or offers ant bribe to procure the election or appointment of any person to office, shall, on conviction thereof, be disqualified from holding any office of profit or trust under the laws of this state. These states aren’t going to let you serve if you have committed any of these