Henry H.
Hey, Henry. Thank you for writing. Last month, Trump comments on NBC News on the “methods” he could use to manage for a third term. He followed months of jokes despite the clear constitutional ban.
Although the administration has not squarely mentioned the 12th amendment, which prohibits someone from serving as president for more than two terms, trying for another would also categorically violate the Constitution.
AP Nicholas Riccardi replied a few questions related to Trump’s reflections on a third term. Here are some of what he reported:
It is a fairly simple prohibition to serve more than two mandates. Some Trump supporters argue that the language is supposed to apply only in two consecutive terms because the terms of Roosevelt were consecutive, but in particular this is not what the amendment says.
Others argue that because the ban is simply “elected” more than twice, Trump could arise as vice-president of the next president and, if the ticket won, could simply replace this person if he resigns, a possibility that the president himself floated.
To put it slightly, it would be a fairly complex plan to make, largely because Trump would be 82 years old in the next elections, a year more than former President Joe Biden in last year’s campaign. In addition, the Constitution says that only people qualified to be presidents can be vice-president, which seems to prevent Trump from continuing the program.
At least one republican in the congress was daring enough to offer a constitutional amendment This would allow Trump to look for another term. He has no chance of going nowhere, given the high bar of the modification of the constitution and has not yet moved in the first months of the new congress.
Even assuming that Trump would try another race, a combination of electoral officials and courts would practically guarantee that he remained away from the ballot.
