12th Amendment
The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on June 15, 1804, changed the process for electing the president and vice president. It required electors to cast separate votes for the president and vice president, rather than voting for two candidates for president without distinction. This amendment was proposed to address issues that arose during the 1800 election, where the original system led to a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, necessitating a resolution by the House of Representatives.
Under the Twelfth Amendment, if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes for president, the House of Representatives chooses from the three candidates with the most votes, while the Senate chooses the vice president from the two candidates with the most votes for that office.
The amendment also specifies that electors cannot vote for both a president and vice president who are inhabitants of the same state as themselves, to prevent any one state from having undue influence.
This change helped to streamline the election process and prevent the kinds of political conflicts that had occurred in previous elections.
The Twelfth Amendment took effect for the 1804 presidential election and has governed all subsequent presidential elections.
The way to get around the 22nd, would be not Donald Trump running as VP, but the VP stepping down, as Spiro Agnew did, and Nixon picking Gerald Ford as his VP without requiring a new election. Vance then selects Trump as his VP to replace his original running mate who had stepped down. Could this even be challenged? Then Vance steps down, and Trump starts his third term.
Let's keep in mind that this is presented in chit chat.
I posted it for the entertainment of watching liberals heads reacting in panic, along with the never-Trumpers.
I seriously doubt that Trump would even want to run again.
I just found it interesting that this is even being discussed.
Then a President Trump 3 could appoint the former President to be the Vice President. This would require a majority vote from both chambers of Congress.
-PJ
You missed a key part of the 12th Amendment. It’s at the very end, and is pretty straightforward.
“But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”
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By the way, it’s good that you posted this in chat. It’s not breaking news, of course. Nevertheless, it’s an interesting topic to discuss.
The original text of the Constitution in Article II already specified that the Presidential electors could not vote for two persons who were both inhabitants of their state.