When Donald Trump took the oath of office once again, it was the last time he’d be able to do so under the country’s constitution. But that hasn’t stopped his team from flirting with the idea of running again, writes Alex Hannaford – and the Democrats are nowhere to be seen...
    • RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      25·
      27 days ago

      I’m pretty sure the Founders were under the impression that we’d rewrite the Constitution periodically when we discovered loopholes or other new problems they didn’t foresee.

    • mapumbaa@lemmy.zipEnglish
      19·
      27 days ago

      It is impossible to write an eternal constitution. Believing that is the biggest flaw of the American mindset.

    • Omega@lemmy.world
      14·
      28 days ago

      Ideally the courts would rule on it and it would be up to congress with a supermajority to reverse it.

      To be clear, a court did rule that he committed treason and was barred from running. SCOTUS did not say they were wrong, they only stated that they (the fucking courts) did not have the power to APPLY THE CONSTITUTION.

      So yeah. It would be up to the courts to apply the constitution and SCOTUS would have the final word. I’m not sure why it would be any different from any other ammendment.

        • Omega@lemmy.world
          6·
          27 days ago

          If a Colorado court can decide to remove a candidate, then all the republicans need to do is get a majority in the courts of swing states and they would forever have the presidency.

          It should be up SCOTUS to validate or invalidate Colorado’s findings. It would never be Colorado as the final word. That’s how the courts already work. Lower courts rule and higher courts can take further action if needed.

          I’m all for SCOTUS reform though.