As President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House for a second term, Democrats are making clear that this will be his final term as president.
The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, limits the president to two terms, and Democrats want to clarify that point with a resolution from Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY). The New York Democrat is slated to introduce the resolution Thursday in the House, according to the New York Times.
We are a nation of laws, not kings.
The 22nd Amendment is clear that no person can be elected President more than twice.
Any attempt by Donald Trump to do so is blatantly unconstitutional, and I call on my colleagues – D or R – to stand by their oath to defend the Constitution. https://t.co/OqYQ7axuFa
— Rep. Dan Goldman (@RepDanGoldman) November 13, 2024
“We are a nation of laws, not kings. The 22nd Amendment is clear that no person can be elected President more than twice. Any attempt by Donald Trump to do so is blatantly unconstitutional, and I call on my colleagues – D or R – to stand by their oath to defend the Constitution,” Goldman said in an X post.
Trump joked Wednesday at a meeting with House Republicans that he would not run for another term “unless you say he’s so good we got to figure something else out.”
The president-elect has joked about running for a third term previously but said in an interview with Time in April that he would not be in favor of challenging the 22nd Amendment.
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“I wouldn’t be in favor of a challenge. Not for me. I wouldn’t be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve four years and do a great job,” said Trump.
A change to the Constitution would require the approval of two-thirds of both chambers of Congress and the ratification of three-fourths of state legislatures. The only amendment to the Constitution that has been repealed via another amendment was the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol.