Rep. Ogles Proposes Amending the 22nd Amendment to Allow Trump to Serve a Third Term
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Andy Ogles introduced a House Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to allow a President to be elected for up to but no more than three terms. The language of the proposed amendment reads as follows:

Per press release: Congressman Andy Ogles introduced a House Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to allow a President to be elected for up to but no more than three terms. The language of the proposed amendment reads as follows:   ‘‘No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.’’*

  • superkret@feddit.org
    14·
    3 days ago

    no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.

    Wut.

    • nolefan33@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      3 days ago

      This is (some of) the language of the current amendment, the difference being the replacing of “once” with “twice” as the last word. The idea is that if you’re VP and are elevated to be President, it counts as one of your two possible terms if you serve more than half of the term you took over during. Basically, this kiss ass waste of space just copy/pasted the existing amendment and incremented every number in it.

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 days ago

      That’s a permutation of language in the original amendment. If a sitting president dies with more than two years left in the term, the new president (former vice president) can only run for reelection once, per the current amendment. This changes it to twice (10 total years as president)

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 days ago

      Have you done any of the following?

      1. Been President for two terms?
      2. Been Acting President for 2+ years for two separate Terms?
      3. Been Acting President for 2+ years for one term term, and also President for another term (or vice versa)?

      If you answered yes to any of these, you can’t be elected to the Presidency again.

      Elaborating on what an “Acting President” is… if, for whatever reason, the sitting president cannot perform their duties, they can transfer their power voluntarily to their VP, either temporarily or indefinitely. Those reasons could be health or cognitive issues, or any number of other things. The President then remains President, but the VP will be the Acting President until such time as the President can perform their duties again. Essentially, they decided that if a guy serves the majority of the term as acting President, you were essentially just President when it comes to term limits.