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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 04:01:28 -0000 (UTC)
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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 22:49:20 -0400, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>:
>>On 2025-03-30 10:05 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>>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.

>>Fair enough. I was remembering the ERA which *almost* passed but fell 
>>slightly short. As I recall, they gave it an extra few years but it 
>>still fell short.

>>>Good luck to Trump on his quest to become dictator.

>>Was FDR a dictator when he ran for his third and fourth terms?

>No, because it was permissible for FDR to run for those terms.

By the low bar of it wasn't unconstitutional, then you don't believe
Viktor Orban is a dictator. Right?

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