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To: mbrfl
The 22nd Amendment says that a person can’t get ELECTED to a third term,

The Prez/VP run on a ticket. So the Veep is elected. 0 can't run.

1,494 posted on 05/03/2020 11:47:33 AM PDT by xone
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To: xone

If he runs as VP, he’s not getting elected to be the president, so no 22nd Amendment violation. If he later goes on to become president through succession rather than being directly elected to the office, no violation of the 22nd Amendment because, again, he was not elected to that office. He just assumed it after the president stepped down, was removed, or died.

I’m just the messenger folks. It seems clear that the 22nd Amendment was intended to prevent someone who already served two terms from serving again. But this may be a loophole. That’s what loopholes are. They exploit poorly written law in order to go against the law’s original intent.


1,503 posted on 05/03/2020 12:02:40 PM PDT by mbrfl
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