Not 22e Amendment currently prohibits anyone from being elected for more than two terms. But an elected representative of the House of Representatives presented a resolution to modify the Constitution, a few days after Donald Trump's return to power.
Barely returned to the White House, Donald Trump sees his political future returning to the front of the national scene. After taking office on Monday, observers are already wondering what will be his future politician, since he cannot stand for representing a third presidential term. 22e amendment to the Constitution stipulates that “No one will be elected to the post of president more than twice”. But Thursday, an elected representative of the House of Representatives presented a resolution aimed at modifying the Constitution for a third term.
Donald Trump “Proved that he was the only character in modern history capable of reversing the decadence of our country and giving back to America its greatness, and it is necessary to give it the time necessary to achieve this objective”estimates the deputy for Tennessee Andy Ogles in a press release. “It is imperative that we provide President Trump all the resources necessary to correct the disastrous path drawn up by the Biden administration. (Donald Trump) devotes himself to restoring the Republic and saving our country, and we, as legislators and as a state, must do everything in our power to support it “also supports this 53 -year -old curator.
“No one can be elected as president more than three times”
Concretely, the elected official, who performs his second mandate in the House of Representatives, wishes to allow the 47th President of the United States to stay in power thanks to his two non-consolecutive mandates. “No one can be elected as president more than three times, or be elected for an additional mandate after being elected for two consecutive terms”stipulates the amendment proposed by Andy Ogles. Such a modification would not allow former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, all doubly elected officials, to represent themselves. Unlike Donald Trump, the first president since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected for a second non -consecutive term.
The main interested party, he spoke twice in a word that he was ready to make more than two terms. During a meeting with the Republicans of the House of Representatives in November, a few days after his victory on the former vice-president Kamala Harris, he said: “I think I will not represent myself, unless you say:” It is good, we must consider something else “”. A few months earlier, in May, he launched a convoluted sentence in front of members of the American pro-Armes NRA (National Rifle Association). “I do not know if we are going to be considered as having three or two mandates, had he slipped. Will we be three or two mandates if we win? ”
-Not 22e Amendment was proposed in 1947 and ratified in 1951, after the four mandates of Franklin Roosevelt. The latter still appears as the only American president elected more than two times. However, Donald Trump is unlikely to succeed him via the initiative of Andy Ogles. The resolution must be voted by two thirds by the House of Representatives and the Senate. And if this initiative passed this stage, three -quarters of the States, 38 out of the 50, must then ratify the amendment to become an integral part of the Constitution. However, the Republicans have only a short majority in the two legislative bodies. Imagining democrats to vote in favor of the resolution seems just as eccentric.
Future vice-president?
Another scenario could allow the Republican to stay in power in four years. If he cannot modify the Constitution, nothing “Do not prohibit him from serving as president beyond January 20, 2029”writes Philip Klinkner, professor at Hamilton College, in an article published on The Conversation. «The 22e Amendment only prohibits someone from being “elected” more than twice (…) but he says nothing about the fact that someone can become president other than being elected in this position. ”
The researcher sets out a theory which would be similar to the operating mode used by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who had become the Prime Minister of Dmitri Medvedev between 2008 and 2012 to respect the law. In fact, the current master of the Kremlin was the real sovereign of Russia. In the case of the United States, Philip Klinkner hypothesizes the election of JD Vance, current vice-president, as head of state. Nothing would prevent Donald Trump from showing up at the vice-president. “If it is elected, Vance could then resign, which would allow Trump to become president again”imagine the professor.
According to the latter, “Vance would not even need to resign” To see a hypothetical Trump vice-president may exercise the power of the presidency. The power duo could rely on the 25the amendment of the Constitution which stipulates that if a president declares that he “Is unable to pay the powers and duties of his office […]these powers and these duties will be exercised by the vice-president as acting president ”.
