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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Obama returns to the presidency in 2028!

[–] blackberry@midwest.social 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

''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," the amendment states. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all served two consecutive terms, and thus would be barred from being elected to a third term. But not Trump, who is the first president since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to a second, non-consecutive term.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't really matter. Getting a new constitutional amendment ratified is basically impossible at this point.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

bet they try to take it to the supreme court "whaaa the congress won't give me a dictatorship whaaa" and the court just fucks us all.

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[–] blackberry@midwest.social 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

'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," the amendment states. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama all served two consecutive terms, and thus would be barred from being elected to a third term. But not Trump, who is the first president since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to be elected to a second, non-consecutive term.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (6 children)

So where them 2A folk at LOL

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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 131 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Good fucking luck with that hurdle.

They need a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate; or a conventio called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state legislatures. Then it has to be ratified by the legislatures of three-quarters of the states.

Even if they managed a super majority on both sides of Congress for Trumplefuck, there's no way they're getting 38 States to agree to that.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 114 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think the law is a restricting factor for the trump regime.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's what the Trump regime wants us to think.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 57 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Laws only apply if they are enforced.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 62 points 2 days ago

Which is why I often find myself saying the Trump admin will face one of two types of justice: vigilante or none.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 73 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

It's sad that you guys still think the rule of the constitution is some massive roadblock that they've somehow missed. They literally made an Executive Order that just says "No" to the very first sentence of the 14th amendment, do you think none of them noticed? They get to have a vote about ludicrous things, and they get to gleefully destroy the lives of any Republican who dares vote against them. Maybe it gets struck down for the time being? Who cares, the courts are packed, they can realistically just start killing people pretty soon and it'll start with the disloyals and the true believers as needed as it always does.

You cannot logical trap nor get off on technicalities fascists. It does not matter to them, they will just do what they want anyways, all that matters is if they can crush anyone who tries to stop them.

They are pushing the boundaries of the conversation and they are testing the waters, and every time they're pushed back on they use the limp push back to consolidate more power because nobody has been willing to actually stop them.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

With all due respect, that is some real defeatist dog shit. Yes, Trump and cronies have no respect for the constitution or the rule of law. But if we collectively roll over at the first fascist executive order, that's exactly what they want us to do.. They are testing the waters. The supreme court is packed, but every circuit court in the country certainly isn't. And that's where these battles are already being fought. We need to collectively resist every encroachment, every power grab. Otherwise we're nearly as culpable as Trump for the rise of fascism.

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump is the candidate during next election

Red States let him be an option even though they shouldn't

He wins enough red States to have a majority

They name him president even though it's against the Constitution

The supreme Court is packed with his picks so they don't do anything about it

Tada! Civil war? Dissolution of the USA? Who knows!?!

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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Trump is ruling by executive order and no one is stopping him from doing any of it, constitutional or not.
He'll just issue an executive order to lower the threshold and at best that order gets challenged and goes to the SCOTUS, and we all know what will happen there.

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[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 67 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Me as a Tennessean: "I bet it's Andy Ogles"

Checks

Goddamn can I read that man like a fucking book. I'm sorry we're all trying to vote the bastard out but the State gerrymandered the district because... AND I SHIT YOU NOT... "California does it, so it's okay if we do it too". Honest to God what our State Assembly said about breaking Nashville up into a hellscape of gerrymandering.

Do know, he's an idiot IRL as well. He's the kind that's really full of himself and he's got a super high self-worth in head.

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[–] satxdude@lemm.ee 66 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Imagine the Dems brought Obama back

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 60 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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...

Obama served 2 consecutive terms so would be ineligible. They literally wrote this so that only Trump would be eligible.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Even in their fantasies they're scared of Obama.

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[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

Standard traitor shit.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Knowing Trump, I wouldn't be surprised if he went full Nayib Bukele and sent in troops to influence the vote.

And as much as I like Bukele, he presided over unique circumstances where his country was effectively being ruled by MS-13 and his actions were warranted in the case of being elected leader of a country ruled by drug overlords. The USA is going through no such crisis.

[–] aarRJaay@lemm.ee 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

FTA" "Trump “has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal,”" - He hasn't don't anything yet!! How has he 'proven himself'

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