Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term as president
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President Donald Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term. “I'm not joking,” he says in an NBC News interview.

Who will the Supreme Court side with? thonk

  • tooting_lemmy@lemm.eeEnglish
    301·
    6 个月前

    There really is no way without blatantly disregarding the constitution. It would lead to the collapse of the United States.

      • tooting_lemmy@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        6 个月前

        I think there’s a difference between ending democracy and whatever you’re referring to.

        • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netBannedEnglish
          5·
          6 个月前

          Letting someone run for additional terms isn’t exactly ending democracy. If anything, stopping people from voting for their preferred candidate because they’ve already been president is less democratic than allowing additional terms.

    • edge [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      26·
      6 个月前

      There is. The Constitution isn’t clear on how the 22nd (anyone who has served two terms is ineligible to be elected president) and the 12th (anyone ineligible to be president is ineligible to be Vice President) interact. Notice the difference in wording, the 22nd is specifically about being elected president, not being president.

      So theoretically he could be elected as VP and have his running mate resign to give him the presidency again. The only thing that would really stop that is a Supreme Court ruling, but the Supreme Court is mostly Trump appointees.

      Or of course he could take a page from his buddy Bukele and have the Supreme Court say “nah you’re good to be elected again” despite the Constitution clearly saying otherwise.

      • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        12·
        6 个月前

        So theoretically he could be elected as VP and have his running mate resign to give him the presidency again

        I don’t even think the resign part is necessary for the right to continue business as usual.