How is Trump going to repeal term limits?

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Cotton_Eye_Joe
01/10/2025
04:00 PM
#1
Can he even do that?
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Irony
01/10/2025
04:01 PM
#3
By pretending to be like 66 senators
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BewmHedshot
01/10/2025
04:02 PM
#4
SCOTUS will rule that the 22nd amendment is not self-executing.
Jiek_Fafn
01/10/2025
04:02 PM
#5
Officially he will change it to limiting two consecutive terms. If he lives long enough, he will go from there
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Metal_Gear_Raxis
01/10/2025
04:06 PM
#6
Jiek_Fafn posted...
Officially he will change it to limiting two consecutive terms. If he lives long enough, he will go from there
The 22nd doesn't say consecutive terms, though.
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Umbreon
01/10/2025
04:07 PM
#8
"I should get a bonus 4 years because the last 4 were stolen from me!"

Followed by cowards not standing against that.
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Bass
01/10/2025
04:08 PM
#9
He could just ignore the Constitution. Congress would probably let him get away with it. The only question is if the military will commit a coup or not.
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UnsteadyOwl
01/10/2025
04:10 PM
#10
Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...
The 22nd doesn't say consecutive terms, though.
It says "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"

He just needs the Supreme Court to interpret that to mean once someone has been elected twice consecutively then they're not eligible to run again. That would make it so that Trump could run for a third term but Obama couldn't.
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lilORANG
01/10/2025
04:13 PM
#11
BewmHedshot posted...
SCOTUS will rule that the 22nd amendment is not self-executing.
Yup. Same as the insurrection bs. If we want the law enforced Congress needs to take action. Which means the law only matters if Congress cares.
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KnightofShikari
01/10/2025
04:14 PM
#12
scrotus will just rule that 22nd amendment is unconstitutional somehow and let trump have infinite terms

and we've seen that supreme courts don't care about the will of the people or actual law. one state just invalidated a bunch of votes to let a republican win. so even if trump gets only one state next time scrotus will invalidate all the other states to steal the election
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Trumble
01/10/2025
04:14 PM
#13
If the law doesn't make sure he doesn't get a third term, there's still a very high chance his health will make sure of it.
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Strider102
01/10/2025
04:16 PM
#14
Trump: "I'm going to stay President as long as I want!"

SCOTUS: "Is that an official act?"

Trump: "Yes"

SCOTUS: "Good enough for us."
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OldNastyBastard
01/10/2025
04:28 PM
#15
UnsteadyOwl posted...

It says "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"


The key word there may be "elected." No election means he doesn't have give it up. And really? There are tons of ways he can make it happen since there are no real consequences to any of his actions.
GreenMario
01/10/2025
04:28 PM
#16
He would be like "Well refusing to step down isnt being elected, checkmate constitution"

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Heavy_D_Forever
01/10/2025
04:31 PM
#17
Bass posted...
He could just ignore the Constitution. Congress would probably let him get away with it. The only question is if the military will commit a coup or not.
Isn't that pretty much the exact plot of the new Civil War movie?
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Jiek_Fafn
01/10/2025
04:34 PM
#18
Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...
The 22nd doesn't say consecutive terms, though.
Exactly
He will fight it with the "There's no rule that dogs can't play basketball" defense and like the mighty Air Bud, launch himself into a series of unnecessary and unwanted sequels
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Cartoon_Quoter
01/10/2025
04:40 PM
#19
Why bother? Just suspend elections.
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action52
01/10/2025
04:41 PM
#20
The constitution is just a piece of paper. It doesn't mean anything unless the people in power are willing to uphold it.

If Trump declares that we will stop having elections, and congress and the courts both back him up on it, it doesn't matter whether or not it's constitutional. Trump can just do it and no one will stop him.
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Villain_S_Fiend
01/10/2025
04:44 PM
#21
Run it up to his SCOTUS, who will argue that the framers never explicitly addressed term limits as necessary, so they don't really exist.
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EPR-radar
01/10/2025
04:56 PM
#22
There is a term limit for US president only because Republicans were outraged that FDR ran for (and won) 3rd and 4th terms.

So it would be completely in character for Republicans to ignore the term limit they worked to get into the constitution to benefit their Orange God.

And Trump is so evil he could easily live another 20 years.
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Link_of_time
01/10/2025
04:57 PM
#23
shockthemonkey posted...
Whos gonna stop him?
certainly not the democrats
refmon
01/10/2025
04:58 PM
#24
He will just say No and the democrats will do nothing and say "we tried!"
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Starks
01/10/2025
05:02 PM
#25
LBJ was eligible for an almost 10-year term. Truman almost 12.

Neither of them wanted it. Great presidents give up power.
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Proto_Spark
01/10/2025
05:19 PM
#26
refmon posted...
He will just say No and the democrats will do nothing and say "we tried!"

This. He's never going to step down willingly. He said he deserved three+ terms in his first term and nobody said anything then when they possibly could have.
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