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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by kcplate on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:04PM (#42925249)
It takes much longer than 4 years to amend or unamend (which would be required in this case).

He’s out in January 2029 without a doubt.

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by popinman322 on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:41PM (#42925700)
The executive branch is currently ignoring the law. Why would they start following it in 2029?
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by hedora on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:03PM (#42926608)
He's already floating the idea of a third term, and the house is considering a constitutional amendment that would allow it.

Of course, that'll be a moot point if he continues to just ignore the constitution as he has been so far this entire term, and the other two branches continue to just let him.

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by willy_k on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:11PM (#42926709)
Source?
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by kcplate on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:23PM (#42926848)
Do you understand how long and what it takes to ratify an amendment? There a reason why we haven’t done one in 33 years and that one took 202 years. The process is designed to be difficult, it’s much more than a simple majority and bang of a gavel.

We are still working on approving the equal rights amendment. That’s one that started 102 years ago, and we have been trying to get the 3/4 state’s agreement for it for only 53 years.

So no, I seriously doubt with a 50/50 divided electorate in this country that we will repeal the 22nd amendment in the less than 4 years that the US would have to do it before Trump could run again.

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by kcplate on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:03PM (#42926618)
The executive branch from 2021 through 2024 ignored some laws too. That’s what executive branches do…”selective enforcement”.