Constitutional Expert Warns How Trump Could Get a Third Term

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : " When asked to divulge what they were, the president simply said "no." Trump also told NBC News that "a lot of people want" him to run again, but that he's had to tell them that "we have a long way to go, you know, it's very early in the administration.
48% : In an X post Monday, the Harvard Law professor wrote: "Anyone discounting a 3d Trump term per the 22d am + the 12th am is thinking magically: The 22d dsn't bar *serving* a 3d term, only being *elected* 3 times." "The 12th dsn't bar running for VP unless 'ineligible' to serve as Pres, but Trump isn't ineligible," he added.
44% : " Welker pressed on the possibility that Vice President JD Vance could run for president in 2029 and hand over the title to Trump, who answered "that's one" method, "but there are others too.
43% : "QED!" Tribe, who has been publicly critical of Trump over the years, is a trusted advisor to the Democratic Party.
43% : Trump told Welker that "there are methods which you could do it.
42% : " Tribe noted how, per the 12th Amendment, Trump isn't "ineligible" to serve as vice president, as he is a natural-born citizen of the United States.
41% : " If Trump wanted to change the Constitution, it would require two-thirds of states agreeing on calling a constitutional convention, or two-thirds of Congress passing a proposal, with three-fourths of the states signing off on the change.
37% : Potential loopholes in the Constitution could help Trump snag another term as president.
18% : Yet Derek Muller, a professor of election law at Notre Dame, believes that if the 22nd Amendment makes Trump ineligible to run for president again, that also makes him ineligible to run for vice president.

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