"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice," reads the text that Dershowitz is trying to assign the "It's Complicated" tag. "I said 'it's not clear if a president can become a third-term president, and it's not clear if it's permissible,'" Dershowitz said as though words have no meaning. It is, in fact, clear. Even if the text were not so clear, no one is struggling to understand the original meaning of the provision"
"And Dershowitz tells the Wall Street Journal that he's told Donald Trump that the Constitution isn't clear about this subject, which must have thrilled the guy who cheered on a coup and already started minting Trump 2028 hats. "[Trump] found it interesting as an intellectual issue," Dershowitz told the Journal describing a conversation with a man intellectually challenged by correctly identifying a giraffe."
An upcoming book asks whether a president can constitutionally serve a third term and presents arguments of constitutional ambiguity regarding the 22nd Amendment. A prominent legal figure reportedly told Donald Trump that the Constitution is not clear on the subject, and described Trump as finding it an intellectual issue. Miriam Adelson reportedly pledged $250 million toward a 2028 campaign after being told a third term could be legal. The 22nd Amendment states that no person shall be elected president more than twice. Contemporary ratification in 1951 and living witnesses make the provision's original meaning clear, undermining claims of interpretive uncertainty.
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