• paranoid@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I read somewhere that his only “legal” option for becoming president for another term is by running as the vice presidential candidate, and then having whoever was voted for president resign. He wouldn’t technically be elected to the presidency, and thus could exploit a loophole.

    That being said, I’m certain it would be challenged in court. The fact that it could even get that far is pretty disheartening

    Edit: as someone pointed out in the replies, this would not be allowed under the 12th amendment

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          47 minutes ago

          They already blatantly ignore constitution. Per 14th amendment he already is an illegitimate president.

          He will absolutely want to stay in that position until he dies. We already were let down but Congress and Judicial and looks like we are the only ones on his way.

          Despite what others might be saying showing our dissatisfaction works and we should not stop and give up. If we give up, he will get exactly what he wants.

          https://youtu.be/kOoiJt4iQAY

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      2 days ago

      If you are not allowed to run for president I don’t think you are allowed to run for vice president. Speaker of the house however …

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        There’s a precedent where someone would have been skipped in the chain as replacement for the president because they weren’t born in the US.

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        2 days ago

        Yeah, another commenter linked the part of the 12th amendment that says anyone constitutionally ineligible to run for president may not run as VP. That’s quite a relief