US EditionDershowitz says he told Trump constitutionality of third term ‘not clear’
Alan Dershowitz gave Trump a draft book exploring constitutional ambiguities on a third term, but most legal experts reject these scenarios as implausible, he said.
- Alan Dershowitz, former Harvard Law professor, handed President Donald Trump a draft titled Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term? during a Dec 17 White House Oval Office Hanukkah event, saying the Constitution 'wasn’t clear' on a third term.
- Steve Bannon, former White House strategist, and major Republican donor Miriam Adelson have promoted the Trump 2028 slogan, urging legal workarounds and pledging $250 million at recent events.
- Dershowitz's draft outlines scenarios such as Electoral College abstention sending the decision to Congress, allies resigning to enable Trump as Speaker of the House, and Cabinet succession probing 22nd Amendment gaps.
- Legal experts have broadly rejected the proposals as implausible, with James Sample, Hofstra law professor, calling them 'absurd,' while Abigail Jackson, White House spokeswoman, praised Trump's potential longer tenure and Alan Dershowitz said he does not think Trump will run for a third term.
- A constitutional amendment would require 67 votes in the Senate, 290 votes in the House, and ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures, making serious removal of term limits extraordinarily unlikely.
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Dershowitz says he told Trump US Constitution not clear on whether he could serve 3rd term
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Dershowitz says Constitution unclear about Trump third term
Harvard University Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says the Constitution leaves unresolved questions about whether President Donald Trump could serve a third term, framing the issue as a legal thought experiment rather than a political road map. Dershowitz said he handed Trump a draft copy of his forthcoming book, Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term?, during a brief interaction at the White House during a Hanukkah ev…
Dershowitz Tells Trump Constitution Is ‘Not Clear’ On Third Term, Continuing Transition From Scholar To MAGA Crank
Alan Dershowitz continues his late-in-life transition from esteemed Harvard Law School scholar to Temu Eli Cash with an upcoming book titled Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term? Coming this March! Thrill as the professor emeritus spins out a polemic attempting to muddy the crystal clear waters of interpreting the 22nd Amendment. Could President Trump constitutionally serve a third term? No, of course not. But that’s not goi…
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The Washington PostAlan Dershowitz muses over the constitutionality of a third Trump term
The president’s former legal adviser reportedly met with Trump about his new book, which considers hypotheticals for the possibility of him holding office past 2028.
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