No 3rd Term for Trump

Let’s make this perfectly clear — the United States of America is not a monarchy. The presidency is a temporary position of service to the people, not a throne to be occupied indefinitely. The U.S. Constitution could not be clearer: no one may serve more than two terms as President of the United States. The law is explicit. The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1951, 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.” That’s the law of the land — not an opinion, not a suggestion, but constitutional fact. Any talk of a “third term,” “never leaving office,” or “King Trump” is illegal, unconstitutional, and profoundly un-American. These are not jokes or hypotheticals. Such statements erode faith in our democracy and encourage the kind of authoritarian thinking the founders fought to prevent. Furthermore, 18 U.S. Code § 2383 makes it a federal crime to incite or engage in insurrection or rebellion against the authority of the United States — and encouraging citizens to disregard the Constitution falls squarely within that danger zone. 18 U.S. Code § 2385 also prohibits advocating the overthrow of the government by force or unlawful means. Steven Bannon or anyone else suggesting that a third term is coming should remember: no one is above the Constitution. Not a president, not a party, not a single person in this government. The American people swore allegiance to the flag and the republic — not to a man. We will not stand for attempts to rewrite or ignore the laws that protect our democracy. So let this letter serve as a reminder to you both, President Trump and Congress: The 22nd Amendment stands. The Constitution stands. The American Republic stands. And every official who swore an oath to uphold it must do so — now and always. From A Defender of the United States Constitution