@just_another_person@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 18 days agoContempt as Trump claims he can run for third term: ‘This is what dictators do’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down15
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minus-square@just_another_person@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink5•18 days agoThey’re literally trying to specify “non-consecutive”. Barack already had his two terms do is not eligible. They’re just throwing shit at the wall at this point.
minus-square@photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•18 days agoOh. I thought since his third wouldn’t be consecutive with his first two, it’d be legal. I guess it depends on how they define consecutive.
minus-square@ExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•17 days agoYou don’t include future possibilities in requirements to get to that future possibility. “Hasn’t already served two consecutive terms” doesn’t care if the third would be non-consecutive.
They’re literally trying to specify “non-consecutive”. Barack already had his two terms do is not eligible.
They’re just throwing shit at the wall at this point.
Oh. I thought since his third wouldn’t be consecutive with his first two, it’d be legal. I guess it depends on how they define consecutive.
You don’t include future possibilities in requirements to get to that future possibility.
“Hasn’t already served two consecutive terms” doesn’t care if the third would be non-consecutive.