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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by refurb on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:35PM (#33352764)
That’s not a terrible idea, but one can imagine both parties would game the change so that it takes effect while they’ve secured a multi-term presidency and a number of justices are retiring.
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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday October 27, 2022 @01:09AM (#33353364)
How do you secure a multiterm presidency?
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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by refurb on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:22AM (#33355177)
Was Obama ever at risk of not getting two terms considering the Republican candidates?

It's not guaranteed, but you can usually guess when Presidents are popular enough to stick around for 2 terms.

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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by gilbetron on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:29AM (#33357184)
In hindsight, no, at the time, absolutely. If things had gone a bit differently, he would've failed. I mean the 2012 election was about equivalent to the 2020 election, numbers wise.
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Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution by germinalphrase on Thursday October 27, 2022 @10:45AM (#33358287)
It also shouldn’t matter. He wins a second term, he gets a second SC pick. Longest serving justices get retired on a schedule.
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