Supreme Courtroom Justice Amy Coney Barrett weighed in on President Trump floating the concept of a 3rd time period, acknowledging that the twenty second Modification prevents greater than two phrases.
Fox Information Channel’s “Special Report” host Bret Baier mentioned in an interview with Barrett that aired on Monday, “The 22nd Amendment says you can only run for office for two terms.”
“True,” replied Barrett, who was nominated by Trump in his first time period.
When Baier requested if she thought “that’s cut and dry,” Barrett mentioned, “Well, that’s, you know, that’s what the amendment says, right? You know, after FDR had four terms, that’s what that amendment says.”
Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected for a 3rd time period in 1940 and later died in workplace throughout his fourth time period, in 1945. In 1951, Congress handed the twenty second Modification, which put the two-term custom that dated again to George Washington into the Structure.
Trump and a few of his allies have repeatedly floated the concept of a 3rd time period. At occasions, these feedback have been dismissed as a joke, although Trump has at different factors appeared extra critical in regards to the thought.
The president final month mentioned he would “probably not” search a 3rd time period, however added that he would “like to run.”
Earlier this yr, the president mentioned, “People are asking me to run. I don’t know, I never looked into it. And they do say there’s a way you can do it, but I don’t know about that.”
He additionally has mentioned it’s too quickly to choose a successor to function the Republican nominee in 2028, however has acknowledged Vice President Vance is the “most likely” inheritor obvious. The president additionally steered Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who ran for president in 2016, may make a formidable ticket with Vance.
