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“I’m Not Joking”: Trump Again Floats Running for Anti-Constitutional Third Term (www.motherjones.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except the 12th Amendment says:

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

So the only possible way this could work is if Trump got elected to Congress, was voted Speaker of the House, then both the President and Vice President resigned. Which seems far fetched.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Ah, but you're not thinking like a fascist. See, the 12th says "constitutionally ineligible to the office", but the 22nd doesn't make a person ineligible to the office, only ineligible to be elected to the office.