#eligibility

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"For men educated at Ivy League universities, these two are as constitutionally illiterate and devoid of critical thinking skills and common sense as they come…"

From a legal standpoint, having states attempt to individually decide on eligibility for federal office under the US Constitution was bound to end up before the US Supreme Court. That's not a surprise.

Probably the best outcome we can hope for is that SCOTUS will say that a conviction for insurrection would be needed to make Trump ineligible.

But we should not rely on the courts to save us from doom. We need to start right now talking up democracy, getting every moderate to liberal eligible voter to register and vote, and be more visible about supporting Team Blue. Preaching to the choir may feel good but we need to go forth and do some political missionary work.

When I get yelled out, I know it’s at the system and not personally at me but I cannot handle a little raised voice as I would cry 15 minutes later.

Eligibility work sucks. We serve like 50,000 people and there’s only 20+ people working to keep all that afloat.

Thanks for asking!

So this is related to the notion of “professional” and “amateur” sports at the Olympics. Once upon a time, Olympic sports were all amateur. You couldn’t be paid for your sport. If you were, even once, no more Olympics for you.

Eventually, of course, the IOC realised this was getting a bit backwards, with the rise of professional sports and a lot of the “best” entrants in different sports being unable to compete at the Olympics. So the IOC gave the power to each sport to decided if it would allow professional or amateur athletes to compete. The ISU, as we now know, chose the “amateur” route (though they talk in terms of “eligible” and “not eligible” because the line has blurred a bit.

Nooo, you misunderstood. It’s not about judgement, it’s about eligibility criteria. Zayn was not eligible for the Best New Artist Grammy because of his success with 1D. It ruled him out of the category, according to the Recording Academy’s rules. Harry will be the same. That’s not to say he won’t be nominated for other awards - just not that one.

Anon 2: Oh I didn't know they couldn't be nominated for new artist category. Makes sense and good to know! I'm managing my expectations.

Anon 3: Wait so harry is or is not eligible for best new artist at the Grammys? I've heard conflicting things

Sadly not :( Billboard reported on it here for Zayn.

"This was actually pretty clear cut given the international success of One Direction. It's been a few years since Zayn Malik came to prominence as a member of that group, making him ineligible for the best new artist category this year," says Bill Freimuth, senior vice president of awards at the Recording Academy.

Anon 4: I think a lot of non Harries take Harries literally. That's why so many people got offended by comments and memes and posts about giving Harry Oscar and Grammy and everything