President Donald Trump said in a March 30 interview that “there are methods” for him to serve a third term in the White House, and a Daily Mail article referred to a “loophole” in the 22nd Amendment that would make it possible.
But legal experts told us the “loophole” legal argument is “implausible” and “defeats the clear intent” of the amendment.
Teaching Resource on the Possibility of a Third-Term for Trump
by Michael Keany
Apr 22
Legal Scholars Dispute Constitutional ‘Loophole’ for a Third Trump Term
President Donald Trump said in a March 30 interview that “there are methods” for him to serve a third term in the White House, and a Daily Mail article referred to a “loophole” in the 22nd Amendment that would make it possible.
But legal experts told us the “loophole” legal argument is “implausible” and “defeats the clear intent” of the amendment.
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