im 100% canadian, I dont live in the US and wondering about your system.

so as i understand your political system, a president can only hold office 2 terms. in Trumps case, he served once already, does that mean he can only serve one more, or is the clock reset and he gets a shot at 8 years?

  • problematicPanther@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    That’s against the rules though. I think it’s the 13th amendment that says a president who was elected twice can’t be selected as VP.

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      The 13th ended slavery. You’re probably thinking of the 12th which says that no person constitutionally ineligible to “be” president can be elected as vice president. Importantly, the 22nd only places limits on being “elected” as president, so it’s not (necessarily) creating a constitutional requirement to “be” president by some other means.

      Like I said, it could be an interesting legal fight if it even came up.