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The media continues their fools errand in covering Donald Trump. Every poke he takes at them, and us, the media continues to jump and scream hysterically. Are they doing this in the public interest, or is it to amplify the ramblings of this damaged President and sell more newspapers? It seems like a Faustian bargain at the end.
Do you know how many states it takes to repeal a Constitutional amendment? I suppose if you "rig" the vote, you could overturn one. I know of a guy who is always talking about rigged elections, in fact, he was mentioning one that happened in 2020.
President Donald Trump has suggested that “methods” exist by which he could attempt to serve a third term in the White House, an act that is barred by the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
“I’m not joking,” Trump said, in a Sunday interview with NBC News, when asked to clarify speculative comments on the possibility.
Constitutional scholars say any third run for the presidency would violate both the spirit and the letter of the amendment, which was passed after World War II as a protection against “elective monarchy.” Here’s what to know.
The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and became part of the Constitution in 1951, when it was fully ratified by the states.
In interaction with the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, the 22nd Amendment also has potential legal implications for who can seek the office of vice president. According to the 12th Amendment, “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President.”
In 1940 and 1944, as the world was thrust into global conflict, Roosevelt took the unusual steps of seeking third and then fourth terms, citing the need for stability.
After Roosevelt’s death and the end of the war in 1945, Republicans in Congress moved in 1947 to establish constitutional term limits, as they had promised in their 1940 and 1944 party platforms, “to insure against the overthrow of our American system of government.” They argued that the presidential term limit would help safeguard the United States from dictatorship and that it merely codified the two-term tradition already established by Washington.
That year, the House voted 285-121 in support of a measure proposed by Rep. Earl C. Michener limiting the presidency to two four-year terms. The next month, the Senate approved an amended version, with only Democrats opposing the measure. In 1951, Minnesota became the 36th state to ratify the proposed amendment, and it was declared effective on March 1.
WaPo
Do you know how many states it takes to repeal a Constitutional amendment? I suppose if you "rig" the vote, you could overturn one. I know of a guy who is always talking about rigged elections, in fact, he was mentioning one that happened in 2020.
President Donald Trump has suggested that “methods” exist by which he could attempt to serve a third term in the White House, an act that is barred by the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
“I’m not joking,” Trump said, in a Sunday interview with NBC News, when asked to clarify speculative comments on the possibility.
Constitutional scholars say any third run for the presidency would violate both the spirit and the letter of the amendment, which was passed after World War II as a protection against “elective monarchy.” Here’s what to know.
The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and became part of the Constitution in 1951, when it was fully ratified by the states.
In interaction with the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, the 22nd Amendment also has potential legal implications for who can seek the office of vice president. According to the 12th Amendment, “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President.”
In 1940 and 1944, as the world was thrust into global conflict, Roosevelt took the unusual steps of seeking third and then fourth terms, citing the need for stability.
After Roosevelt’s death and the end of the war in 1945, Republicans in Congress moved in 1947 to establish constitutional term limits, as they had promised in their 1940 and 1944 party platforms, “to insure against the overthrow of our American system of government.” They argued that the presidential term limit would help safeguard the United States from dictatorship and that it merely codified the two-term tradition already established by Washington.
That year, the House voted 285-121 in support of a measure proposed by Rep. Earl C. Michener limiting the presidency to two four-year terms. The next month, the Senate approved an amended version, with only Democrats opposing the measure. In 1951, Minnesota became the 36th state to ratify the proposed amendment, and it was declared effective on March 1.
WaPo
