Wait, so you can’t elect someone a third time even if it’s not consecutive? For a example in Brazil it’s illegal to elect someone third times in a row, but two times, someone else gets elected, then re-elect that person again is okay. In fact the current president has already been president twice in the past.
BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Harris will be able to serve two terms. The 22nd amendment says:
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
The second clause applies to vice presidents taking over, but since there’s less than two years left in Biden’s term, it won’t come into effect.
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You are correct. Two term limit in the usa.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
No. The US doesn’t care if the terms are consecutive or not, it’s a hard limit of two terms.
Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So hypothetically if Biden died two years into his term then Harris could serve the two plus 8?
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
So having previously served two years exactly is allowed.
bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
If we’re being pedantic (and the Republicans would be), Harris already served as acting president for 1h25m on November 19, 2021 while Biden underwent a colonoscopy. If hypothetically Biden had died or resigned exactly 2 years into his term (January 20, 2023 12pm ET), and Harris assumed the presidency for the remaining two years, her total time would be over 2 years and she would be ineligible for a second term.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
Yeah I actually brought that up in my top-level reply. But does the two years count the time spent as Acting President? I don’t know, but the 22nd Amendment doesn’t use the terminology “Acting President”.
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
New conspiracy theory: The reason the US has only incredibly old presidential candidates is because the VPs are pulling all the strings.
LeFantome@programming.dev 4 months ago
If you mean Dick Cheney, you are not wrong.
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Yes, hard cutoff is 2.5 terms or 10 years.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I am not sure. From the wording above, it sounds to me that you can get elected as VP And then kill your boss 25 months into the term indefinitely. Loophole!
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you are just going to go that route, you don’t need to wait the 25 months. Just keep getting picked for vp, ice them immediately and take over. Don’t run for reelection, just get the vp nod on the next ticket, rinse and repeat. If you think that sounds preposterous, remember we are on the cusp of re-electing a racist rapist with a spray tan.
BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Boss doesn’t need to die, just resign. You could literally just have a sham person be elected as the “president” and then resign on Day 1 each time to keep someone as president indefinitely.
Assuming voters played along with that of course.
snooggums@midwest.social 4 months ago
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Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Ah, the Putin maneuver.
JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Yes! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Queen