Summary
Steve Bannon has suggested Donald Trump could run for president again in 2028, arguing the 22nd Amendment’s two-term limit might not apply since Trump’s terms weren’t consecutive.
Speaking at the New York Young Republican Club, Bannon dismissed legal barriers, echoing claims that Trump’s 2020 loss was illegitimate.
The 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, explicitly prohibits anyone from being elected president more than twice, making such a scenario highly improbable without a constitutional amendment.
Meanwhile, Mitt Romney predicted Trump’s Vice President-elect JD Vance will likely be the GOP’s 2028 nominee.
So like how would this play out if he tries? Do the courts say no and tell the states to not put his name on the ballot? Do the states take it into their hands and not put his name off the ballot? What if enough states do put his name on the ballot to win, does the supreme court just say no if he wins?
He’ll just say he won, and everyone says “ok” just like they did last month.
@cogman@lemmy.world posted up above, “Trump’s eligibility was challenged and the supreme court’s response was ‘Parties can pick whoever they like to be president, we’ll figure out if they are qualified later’. That means the republican party is free to nominate and run Trump for president in 2028. The supreme court would only get involved if he wins the election, in which case…”
Emphasis mine. So what that means is, he’ll be allowed to run, and then his illegitimate Supreme Court will just flip and say “It’s too late now!”
Same approach they used to deny Garland his seat back when Obama appointed him, just with different obstructionists. Their MO is ‘Rules for Thee, but not for Me’
everyone’s just assuming that voting will be a thing at any point in the future
we’ll go to war and he’ll just declare a perpetual “emergency” and suspend whatever he needs to in order to crown himself supreme leader for life. at least it’ll be entertaining to watch all his sycophant cultists tear each other’s throats out trying to be named his successor when he finally fucking croaks
Considering that Trump is not eligible to be president because he led an insurrection and the Supreme Court overruled states which tried to uphold that law, I think we can make a guess.