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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Trump's third term
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 02:05:26 -0000 (UTC)
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Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

>I see that Trump has mused about running for a third term. This CBC 
>article explains why that couldn't happen and suggests that this puts an 
>end to the discussion.

>https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-third-term-president-constitutional-1.7497480

>For some strange reason - ignorance, I expect - they complete ignore a 
>perfectly legal way to get Trump a third term: amend the 22nd amendment 
>to increase the number of terms or repeal that amendment altogether.

>If I remember correctly, he'd need to get the approval of 3/4 of the 
>states and 2/3 of both chambers of Congress to agree and they'd only 
>have a set number of years to do it but if Trump really is as popular as 
>he thinks he is, that should be quite possible.

The set number of years was a characteristic of specific amendments
proposed in Congress but not others. It's not clear if that's
constitutional.

Good luck to Trump on his quest to become dictator.