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Trump's Third Term

AmyStrange said:
Wow! It only took three days...

House Republican introduces long-shot measure to let Trump seek a third term


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Look over there! It's a shiny distraction!
Ogles also faces a potential House Ethics Committee investigation for his campaign finances, as one House Democrat who sits on the committee that considers constitutional amendments noted.
  • "I don't think he wants to talk about the campaign finance fraud that he is accused of and would like us instead to focus on what a committed Trump sycophant he is," said Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.), a Judiciary Committee member.
  • "Truly pathetic. Voters from Tennessee deserve much better."
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dudalb said:
Because a Consitutional amendment requires two thirds of both houses to pass, and then has to be ratireid by 2/3 of the states. Just is not going to happen.
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Unless SCOTUS finds a new way to interpret the (22nd ?) amendment - rather like they did with the 2nd.

They may find that the amendment really meant no more than two consecutive terms.....
 
The Don said:
Unless SCOTUS finds a new way to interpret the (22nd ?) amendment - rather like they did with the 2nd.

They may find that the amendment really meant no more than two consecutive terms.....
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So one term in, one term with a bookmark flunky in, then the next term in, then the bookmark. Repeat until death.
 
Norman Alexander said:
So one term in, one term with a bookmark flunky in, then the next term in, then the bookmark. Repeat until death.
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Sounds about right.......

Or maybe even two on, one off but it cannot be applied retrospectively for George W Bush, Bill Clinton or Obama
 
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Trebuchet said:
Nothing I'm seeing on the past couple of pages of the thread has anything to do with the possibility of a third term for Trump.
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There's this.

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Andy Ogles introduced a House Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to allow a President to be elected for up to but no more than three terms. The language of the proposed amendment reads as follows:



‘‘No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.’’



"President Trump’s decisive leadership stands in stark contrast to the chaos, suffering, and economic decline Americans have endured over the past four years. He has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal. To that end, I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment on presidential terms. This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs," said Congressman Ogles.



“It is imperative that we provide President Trump with every resource necessary to correct the disastrous course set by the Biden administration. President Trump has shown time and time again that his loyalty lies with the American people and our great nation above all else. He is dedicated to restoring the republic and saving our country, and we, as legislators and as states, must do everything in our power to support him.
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Maga weirdos sure know how to gaslight.
 
Darat said:
And as ever - who is going to enforce a decision against Trump?
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A good question.

Even if SCOTUS turns insane and lets trump run (or not), the same thing might happen that happened after the Worcester v. Georgia decision. The southern states said screw you SCOTUS, and thus began one of the saddest stories in US history: the Trail of Tears:

State governments joined in this effort to drive Native Americans out of the South. Several states passed laws limiting Native American sovereignty and rights and encroaching on their territory.
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In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the U.S. Supreme Court objected to these practices and affirmed that native nations were sovereign nations “in which the laws of Georgia [and other states] can have no force.”
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Even so, the maltreatment continued. As President Andrew Jackson noted in 1832, if no one intended to enforce the Supreme Court’s rulings (which he certainly did not), then the decisions would “[fall]…still born.” Southern states were determined to take ownership of Indian lands and would go to great lengths to secure this territory.
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