Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles has proposed legislation that would amend the Constitution, allowing Donald Trump to run for a third presidential term. “I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment...
New GOP bill would let Trump (but not Obama) run for a third term [another source]
Not really. There’s no way this passes. The constitutional amendment process is too complicated even for broadly popular ideas to get through. Anything blatantly partisan like this is DOA.
There’s some other novel legal theories (read: dumb as shit, but our Supreme Court might let it through, anyway) on how Trump could bypass the constitutional term limits, but I doubt even those will work.
The issue with that one was tangled up with “what is an insurrection, anyway?”. Most of the other presidential requirements have zero room for interpretation, including this one. States wouldn’t even put him on the ballot.
Not really. There’s no way this passes. The constitutional amendment process is too complicated even for broadly popular ideas to get through. Anything blatantly partisan like this is DOA.
There’s some other novel legal theories (read: dumb as shit, but our Supreme Court might let it through, anyway) on how Trump could bypass the constitutional term limits, but I doubt even those will work.
Wasn’t there also something in the constitution about insurrection…? Yeah… I don’t think they care about it.
The issue with that one was tangled up with “what is an insurrection, anyway?”. Most of the other presidential requirements have zero room for interpretation, including this one. States wouldn’t even put him on the ballot.
I’m just waiting for the Supreme Court to declare part of the Constitution unconstitutional.
Oh they already did.