Five ways President Trump might serve a third term

 By Dr. Jim Denison - Posted at the Denison Forum:

President Trump recently told NBC News that he does not rule out seeking a third term in the White House, saying there are methods for doing so and that he is “not joking.”

“A lot of people want me to do it,” he said. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, it’s very early in the administration.” When asked whether he had been presented with plans to allow him to seek a third term, he said, “There are methods by which you could do it.”

What are such methods?

Why this question is complicated

At issue is the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, which states:

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

Since Mr. Trump has been “elected to the office of the President” twice, it would seem that the question is a moot point. Some might argue that since his terms were nonconsecutive, the amendment doesn’t apply to him. However, it makes no distinction between consecutive and nonconsecutive terms in office.

Here’s where the story gets complicated: The amendment only prohibits a person from being “elected” to office more than twice but says nothing about a person becoming president in other ways.

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