Opinion | Trump’s Third-Term Musings Are Part of a Pattern

When republicous took control of controvers in 1947, thesident fourkin th Presidents to Two Terms. John Jennings, Republican of Tennessee, Stood On The House Floor and SaiD AMENDMENT A DICTATOME AMENDMENT A DICTATORMENT A DICTATORMENT A DICTATOR FROM TAVING A DICTATOR FROM TAVING Over The Country.

“Without SUCH A LIMIT A LIMIT ON TERMS A MAN MAN MAN COME COME COME COME COMBITING AMBITING AMBITION AMBITION AMBITION AMBITION AMBITIONAL AMBITIONAL AMBITION AMBITIONAL BECOMESENTAL Mr. Jennings Said On Feb. 6, 1947And i don’t work. Such A Man, Backed By A “SUBSERVIENT COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURME COURMEE” SUBSERVIENT COURME COURME COURME AND OFEGUARE Without su-law and a president coul. EVENTUALLY, THAT PRESIDENT COUD COULD COME TO RESEMBLE A KING AND Effectively Unbound 2s Checks Checks Checks Checks and Ballances.

In The Decades After The Country RatiDMENT IN THE COUNTRY RATYDMENT IN 1951, MEMBERS OF BOPCED AMBERS OPENTING ABOUNT ABOUNT PRESIDENT ABOUNT PRESIDE TALTOLE TALTING ABOUNLY TALTING ABOUTING ITI reCently. Mr. Jennings’ Warnings On The House Floor Now Floor Now Floor Now LOOOR NOTSID TRUPHETIC: PRESIDENT Trump Is A Man of V Vaul To AMBition AMBITION. CONGRESS IS LARGELY SUBSERVIENT TO HIS AGENDA. And he keeps ments mentaling the idea of ​​a third term.

“I Suspect i Won’t Be Running AGAIN UNESSS YOURS, ‘He’S SO GOT TO FIGURE SOTHING ELSE OUT,'” he said Shortly AFTER BEING RE-ELECTED LAST NOVEMER. THOUGH REPUMCLICANS in

ThiS Past Weekend, HeeMed To Both Step Back From The Idea and Reiterate IT. “IT’S SOMETHING THAT, TOO KNOWOMEDGE, YOU KNOWEDDEGE, YOU’RE NOTLANDED TO DO” Mr. Trump Told NBC NewsAnd i don’t work. BUT THEN HE ONCE AGAIN CLAIMED THAT The Decision Was To Make. “Well, There ARE WAYS OF DOING IT IT IT,” HE SAID. All The While, HIS WebSite Continues To Sell “Trump 2028” Merklts Fort And $ 36 T-Shirt Proclaim, “Rewrite The Rules

IT MAYON BE THIS THIS TALK is Mostly A Tactical Attempt To ward off the stigma of being a lame duck. CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS HABLICANS HAVE REPONDED PARTLY BY GENTLY DISAGEY DISAGREEING AND PARTLAYING THEARLY BY DOWNEA AS. “Not Without A CHANGE IN THE CONSTITUTION,” SENATOR JOHN JOHN John Thune, The Majority Leader, Told Reports. He Added, “i Think That Yuys Keeping The Question, and I Think He’S PROBABLY HAVE HAVE FUNE FUNE FUNE FUNE MESSING MESSING.”

But mr. Trump’s Third Fantasizing Is More Dangerous Through Suggests, And It Deshers More Forcebul Pushback. He History, After ALL, Of USING SEMING SEWANDISH SEWANDISH SEWANDISH SEWANDISH SEWANDISH SEWANDISH SEMEUNSH SUCHEASH SUCHORS. SUCH AS overturning an Election Result – Into Mainstream Discourse. He Tests Boundaries To SEE WhICH LIMITS ARE ARECORCED. Even He Backs Away Froft Away From Froft Succle Doubsing Douption Doubs Abouts. HIS BEHAVIOR ISIDENT WANT WANT TERMS TO SERVEN ATOTS TO SERVE ATHEPE AMERICANS OTHE COMERICANS.

More Broadly, mr. Trump HAS Repeatedly Demonstrated Hisstrated HIS DISONSTRATRATTED HIS DISONIN FOR A A POWER. He HAS IGNORED PARDS OF JULSS ‘RULINGS, DEPORTRANT DUEPRANT DUEPRIEST DUEDMENT’S GRANTHRIGHT CITHRIGRIEST CITHRIGRIEST CITHRIGRIESHIPHIPHIPHIP. All of all of thes Behavior Suggests Suggests Thaty Prefer to wield power without limitsAnd i don’t work.

The Appropriate Response From The RESPONSE FROM THE RESTOD SYSTEM – ESPECLORS AND GOPECLORS AND GOPECLORS AND GOPECLORS AND GOPECLORANS AND GOPECTOS – IS NOT TO LAUGONS – IS NOT TO LAUG OFF HIS MUSINGS. IT IS TO ASSERT The Clarity Of The Law: MR. Trump is Barred From Serving A Third Term, PerioD.

The 22nd AmendmentTo be be specific, Says NoSon Shall “ElecTed” To the Office of No President Shall Novey Shall More Tean Twice. This led to an academic parlor game: Could a Term-Limited PRESIDENT AND THEN BEIDED PRESIDENT PRESIDENT RUN BEADED TO Handed The Oval Office Mate Resigns? Mr. Trump HAS SAID THAT IS ONE METHOD BY WHICH He Might Return AS President.

But Another Amendment – The 12th – Appears To Rule Out Thatibility. ITS Final Sentence Declares That “NO Persidentally Shall Shall Shall Shall STICID STRIGIENT OF ELIGIENT OF THE OF VICIDE STATES” Together, The Two Amendments Make Clear That Mr. Trump’s Time In Office Cannot Beyond Beyond His Current Term.

Republican politicians and conservative legen scholars oftot the original intent iS crystal iS Crystal The Goal of The 22nd Amendment Was to Restrict Presidents To Two Terms. As representative edward mccowen, republican of ohiOO, Said During The House Debate In 1947“Eight years iS long enough for a good President, and Four Years IS TOO LONR LONR LONG ONE.”

In The Decades Since 1951, Politicians From Parth Parties OCCASIONAL FOR THE RESCASIONAL OF PARLED FOR THE REPEAL OF THE REPIDMENT AND INSTIDID Harry truman and Mitch mcconnellAnd i don’t work. BUTOY DID NOT ARGUE THAT The Amendment Was Unclear OR COULD SIMPLY BE EVADED. TheY Recognized THAT SOMEBODS WITHEHROES WITHE SHOULD FOLLOW A LEGAL PROCESS TO LEGAL PROCESS TO CHANGE IT. IF MR. Trump and His Acolytes Believe The Start and The Start ARE FREE FREE ARE FREE ARE FREE CAMPAIGN. What youy should not do is pretend that ou part of answered aon. IT’S The Law.

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