House Democrat to introduce resolution reiterating that Trump can only serve two terms as president

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Nov. 13, 2024, 2:21 PM EST


WASHINGTON — Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., plans to file a resolution in the House on Thursday that would express support for the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, which sets the term limits for the president of the United States.

Term limits are already enshrined in the Constitution in the 22nd Amendment, so the resolution would have little tangible effect and it's unclear if it will receive a vote on the House floor, which is controlled by Republicans. However, he could potentially introduce it as a privileged resolution to force Republicans to vote on the matter.

The resolution, obtained by NBC News on Wednesday, reaffirms that the 22nd Amendment "applies to two terms in the aggregate as President of the United States" and reaffirms that it "applies to President-elect Trump." The resolution lists a number of instances in which Trump has joked or floated the idea of serving longer than two terms in the White House or being a dictator. The resolution was first reported by The New York Times.

At the House Republican Conference meeting on Wednesday, as the press was being led out of the room, Trump, 78, said, “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, 'He’s so good, we’ve got to figure something else.'" His comment was met with some chuckles throughout the room and he noted, “The people leaving now in the back of the [room] will write that I said that.”

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[jimfields33]

1. Will this go anywhere? They need 218 votes.

[Diraven]

3. Republicans will look bad if they vote against it

But it will never make it to a vote anyway.

[drray23]

2. That is stupid.

Its already in the constitution. Introducing this resolution brings attention to this making it sound that's actually a valid thing to debate.

[GB_RN]

6. Over On Electoral-Vote.com...

They have an interesting analysis of the situation.

Section 2 describes the ratification procedure, which was fulfilled on Feb. 27, 1951. For the textualists among our readers, please note that the Amendment is about being elected to the presidency, not about serving as president… Consecutive Terms: Trump could argue before the Supreme Court that the Twenty-Second Amendment, which was approved by Congress in 1947, was adopted in response to Franklin Delano Roosevelt being elected four times in a row, so it applies only to consecutive terms and thus his first term doesn't count. There is some precedent in barring consecutive terms in the states. Virginia, for example, bars governors from serving two consecutive terms, but does not limit the total number of terms they may serve. It would ultimately be up to the Supreme Court, stocked with five or six Trump appointees, to rule on this and they could well agree with Trump.

They also point out that there is no enabling legislation, which is what the corrupt 6 ruled was necessary to prevent someone from running for federal office if they had participated in an insurrection. I can see them pulling this stunt again.

Now, before someone goes and reports this as right wing nonsense, I should point out that 1) the guys who run Electoral-Vote.com are far from being right wingers, nor are they far left: The site is well run, with thoughtful analysis of political news and polls, and 2) while this is speculation designed to cause the reader to think outside the box, which is exactly what Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent’s people (nutters from The Federalist Society, etc), will do. If they think they can pull off something like this, they won’t hesitate to take to all the way to the SCOTUS. And I won’t bet on the odds of an unfavorable ruling against Caligula. In the immunity case, I was sure (and so was pretty much any serious legal scholar) that they’d follow the ruling from the DC Court of Appeals and uphold it, or toss the suit. We all know how that went.

[in2herbs]

4. Trump has no intention of finishing his term. This is a useless bit of work. He's getting the

house of his puppetmasters in order and then after the swearing in, he'll leave.

BTW: I like Goldman.

[ColinC]

5. Obama is the only reason he won't try.