"Appearing on Fox News to continue the publicity blitz for her " studiously bland" memoir, Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett began laying the groundwork for her upcoming 2028 opinion requiring states to let Donald Trump run for a third term notwithstanding the whole "Constitution" thing. Brett Baier, the Andy Cohen of this Real Justices of Washington D.C. production, asked Barrett specifically about the Twenty-Second Amendment's bar on Trump's possible First Consul for Life bid."
"Republicans have already started floating new amendments to get around this. First, they suggested lifting the term limit altogether before realizing that this would result in Barack Obama symbolically pulling Trump's diaper off in while the country pointed and laughed. Then conservatives got really high and pitched an alternative that allows presidents to run again as long as they got pummeled in an intervening election and got Grover Clevelanded."
Amy Coney Barrett answered a Fox News question about the Twenty-Second Amendment with a noncommittal remark rather than a clear affirmation of the two-term limit. The Twenty-Second Amendment explicitly restricts presidents to two terms. Promotional "Trump 2028" merchandise signals intent to seek another term. Some Republicans proposed constitutional amendments to remove or bypass term limits, including abolishing term limits outright and an option allowing return after losing an election. No urgent amendment action has occurred, and the Trump camp appears to be considering a judicial route that would effectively nullify the amendment.
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