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    1. I’m no fan of Barrett, but isn’t the 22nd Amendment pretty clear on term limits?

    2. Face2FaceRecs on

      She’s still dancing around her answers enough to raise red flags, there is no loophole in the 22nd Amendment and it was not written to allow for loopholes.

    3. The answer here is pretty cut and dry, folks: just don’t vote for Republicans. We wouldn’t have to worry about it if folks just didn’t vote for Republicans.

    4. Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out on

      Her response sounds out like the settled law argument kavanaugh used to lie about his position on Roe v Wade

    5. nikkothirty on

      Remember a few election cycles ago when a bunch of MAGA dressed like Colonialists and carried copies of the Constitution in their pockets?

    6. Their gameplan will be:
      The 22nd amendment wont matter, the red states will refuse to certify the results due to „fraud“, and then hold a contested election on the house floor, and nominate Trump. Trump will get a 3rd term and the country will be embroiled in a 2nd civil war.

    7. Popculturemofo on

      It’s going to happen. At the very least they’ll attempt to make it happen and I’ve seen very little evidence that there will be much pushback from lawmakers.

    8. Responsible-Mango661 on

      They will find a way to say that it’s allowable because it wasn’t consecutive

    9. Grouchy_Durian2875 on

      Anyone looking to ACB for reassurance is a damned fool. The Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices talk out of both sides of their mouths, constantly.

    10. Wrong_Confection1090 on

      Let me spoil it for you. If he’s alive, he’ll run for a third term and he’ll win, regardless of how the voting goes. It’ll go to the Supreme Court and they’ll declare the 22nd unconstitutional and provide no rationale whatsoever. No one will be able to do anything about it and by that point the National Guard of all fifty states will be federalized and ready to put down any protests that pop up.

      Trump will be President until he dies.

    11. The USA can fall, and split into its so called techno states, then get steamrollered by a large nation state like India or China.

      They play the end against the middle. They won’t help themselves by trying to screw over their neighbors without realizing they are next on the block.

    12. DistractedPhoenix on

      Is she aware the 22nd amendment was enacted after FDR’s four terms?

    13. Anonymouse_Bosch on

      We need to divest ourselves of the belief that conservatives are good faith actors.

    14. Reminder:

      There is no such thing as a „third term“.

      That’s just an authoritarian takeover and an unconstitutional act. It’s January 6th with paper. If Amy Coney Barrett or any other judicial official can’t just say that simply and clearly, they do not deserve the bench they occupy.

    15. Shot_Ad4562 on

      I’ve been saying this from the second Trump was elected: he isn’t going to leave and there won’t be free and fair elections. Hell, I don’t think this last election was fair. He has stated several times, out loud, that they wouldn’t have won without Elon’s meddling.

    16. Gold-Perception-4467 on

      But the other day, she said she’s nobody’s justice. Yeah, okay. 🙄

    17. ThatGuyFromTheM0vie on

      If Trump can run for a third, only fair if Obama can too then. See how that goes.

    18. Binary101010 on

      And once again we are met with the core problem: journalists are still trapped in the „Trump is talking about doing X; can he do that?“ way of reporting that relies on laws being things that are respected.

      Trump has made it abundantly clear that the question is no longer „can he do that?“ but „he is doing that, can anybody stop him?“

    19. Stand_With_Students on

      My guess is either:

      a. Trump declares martial law, cancels election

      b. Trump says he’s running, everyone says he can’t, he runs anyway and everyone whines about it but he gets away with it.

      I don’t think we’ll have another legitimate election for the next 20 or so years.

    20. stroopwafelscontigo on

      I know there’s no current way to remove a justice but, we’re gonna change that if/when we wrestle the steering wheel back from these scumbags. 

      This can never ever happen again. 

    21. KinkyPaddling on

      > It’s unclear whether President Trump plans to run again in 2028, despite the Twenty-Second Amendment unambiguously barring a president from being elected for a third term.

      I think it’s pretty clear, since his official store [is selling Trump 2028 hats](https://www.trumpstore.com/product/trump-2028-hat/) and [Trump 2028 shirts](https://www.trumpstore.com/product/trump-2028-shirt/?attribute_pa_size=small&attribute_pa_color=red). But I suppose if Trump is somehow indisposed between now and 2028, one of his gormless children could run using the same merch.

    22. jaythebearded on

      Anything she says anywhere right now has absolutely zero weight towards how she’ll rule in anything in her official capacity. Fuck her and her book that she’s peddling right now and touring for this publicity for it.

    23. FakeNewsAge on

      > “The Twenty-Second Amendment sets a two-term limit,” Barrett said, again citing the history of the amendment’s enactment after Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four elections. “So really, I can’t say anything else but just point to the Twenty-Second Amendment. If you ask the question how many terms a president can serve, I would point to the Twenty-Second amendment“

      Sounds pretty straightforward to me

    24. heartwarriordad on

      That sounds a lot like when she bleated „Roe v. Wade is settled law“ in her confirmation hearing.

    25. Accidental-Hyzer on

      If Trump decides to flout the constitution and run for a third term, then Obama should do the same. Let’s see what kind of knots the Supreme Court ties itself into to justify Trump being allowed to be on the ballot but not Obama.

    26. NeutralBias on

      I gotta wonder if the other Appellate courts and district courts are simply going to start ignoring the supreme court. They’re not even issuing any guidance on most of their decisions – just shadow docket pronouncements with no legal theory behind them.

      Whats the point of a legal system if its decisions are up to the whims of a bribed majority?

    27. sniffstink1 on

      Her answer was pretty clear:

      >“Well, that’s, you know, that’s what the amendment says, right?” Barrett said. “After FDR had four terms, that’s what that amendment says.”

      So here’s TL:DR –

      – Previously there was no term limit. After FDR did 4 terms the 22nd amendment was created and adopted (2 term limit).

    28. >“The Twenty-Second Amendment says you can only run for office for two terms,” Baier said.

      >“True,” answered Barrett.

      >“You think that that’s cut and dry?”

      >“Well, that’s, you know, that’s what the amendment says, right?” Barrett said. “After FDR had four terms, that’s what that amendment says.”

      >Many online were concerned that Barrett had left room for interpretation, among them California Governor Gavin Newsom, who wrote on X, “The answer is: YES.”

      Yeah I’m calling bullshit. That answer leaves no „room for interpretation“. It’s a yes with context. Do better, New Republic.

    29. crazykitty123 on

      I hate liars. She LIED at her confirmation hearing so I will *never* trust her.

    30. Half of the justices who voted to overturn Roe said in their confirmation hearings that it was settled already, so I don’t really think their reassurances mean anything.

    31. I don’t know if any of you have seen the SCOTUS news this week but 100% trump will be able to run for a 3rd and 4th term if he’s alive. Yeah see the thing about it is that more of you really should’ve voted for Harris way back in November. Expecting rule of law really was a Harris thing. Your comments on reddit or more of a disassociation tactic. That I totally understand. But yes he will run for the rest of his life and yes SCOTUS will allow him and only him (not Obama) to be King of America. Again if you don’t like it or disagree but didn’t vote Harris consider this the find out phase of your cool hip protest vote or no vote.

    32. jertheman43 on

      Cankles isn’t going to make it to 28. We, however, will remember how ACB has shit upon the rule of law and order.

    33. Trump probably won’t live through this term let alone a third.

      The man is a fat sack of shit with numerous health morbidities. He’s fucked.

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