I believe he can seek re-election if he wants to. Who’s going to stop him? Boehner? McConnell? The SC Court?
Sad, but true.
We once had a great Republic.
The states just might be desperate enough by then to do it. It would obviously be unconstitutional for the majority of Electors to vote for a third term for a president, so what is the legal argument for putting any Electors pledged to him on the ballot in your state?Red states would rebel, purple states might rebel, and even blue states would have to think about it.
After all, would not a vote for an unqualified person not be a nonvote? Would not the number of votes required for a majority decline by one for every two votes cast for an unqualified person? Faced with that question, even the bluest states (well, maybe not DC) might reject the idea out of hand.A third term would be a coup - which would have to be executed against the states, even before they established the ballots for the election. No fig leaf would be available.