Re: [OT] Trump's third term

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?
For the record, I'm not wishing for Trump to become a dictator or president-for-life. I believe term limits are a healthy thing for any democracy. There are simply too many career politicians in office in many countries. If a politician hasn't accomplished what he/she wanted to do in one or two terms, then why give them more terms? And if they didn't have specific goals that could be realized in whatever term limits exist, why did they run in the first place?
Even hellholes like North Korea might be more bearable if there leaders were limited to five or ten years; at least then they'd have a bit of variety. I have to believe that the world would have been a better place if the terms of pretty much EVERY long-term ruler had been shorter, including the dictators and the people who managed to win fake elections for year after year after year like Mugabe, Putin, etc.
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Rhino