Keep in mind that it takes a very long time, and an arduous procedure, to amend the Constitution. As it should be, otherwise we would have amendments every 6 months. An amendment has to be passed when 2/3's of Congress or the States propose an amendment, and then it takes 3/4's of the States to ratify that amendment before it can be added to the Constitution. The Founders made it that way to avoid frivolous and hasty amendments to what they (and I) considered a nearly perfect document.
So by the end of Trump's next term, 2028, such an amendment might still not have made it through the amending process.
Good point, but there could be momentum to amend the Constitution to repeal the 22nd. But the same rules will likely apply to Donald Trump which would prohibit a third term, but he would be the last President subject to term limits. Meanwhile Harry Truman was allowed to run for a third term, if he wished because the amendment was only ratified during his 2nd term.
Keep in mind that it takes a very long time, and an arduous procedure, to amend the Constitution. As it should be, otherwise we would have amendments every 6 months. An amendment has to be passed when 2/3's of Congress or the States propose an amendment, and then it takes 3/4's of the States to ratify that amendment before it can be added to the Constitution. The Founders made it that way to avoid frivolous and hasty amendments to what they (and I) considered a nearly perfect document.
So by the end of Trump's next term, 2028, such an amendment might still not have made it through the amending process.
Good point, but there could be momentum to amend the Constitution to repeal the 22nd. But the same rules will likely apply to Donald Trump which would prohibit a third term, but he would be the last President subject to term limits. Meanwhile Harry Truman was allowed to run for a third term, if he wished because the amendment was only ratified during his 2nd term.