Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles has proposed legislation that would amend the Constitution, allowing Donald Trump to run for a third presidential term. “I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment...
New GOP bill would let Trump (but not Obama) run for a third term [another source]
I’m not seeing it on a quick look either, I thought it was spelled out but I think it’s mainly assumed that since the VP’s only real duties beyond the president of the Senate is as a replacement for the president and would need to actually be able to hold that position to be vp.
But I think you’re right, that’s just largely held to be the case but not explicitly defined.
That’s one thing about Trump’s administration, so many decent common sense norms that the common person assumed were codified were in fact self-enforced by basic decency in most administrations. That despite all the verbosity and crafting of the law, there’s still gigantic holes for a less decent administration to use…
I’m not seeing it on a quick look either, I thought it was spelled out but I think it’s mainly assumed that since the VP’s only real duties beyond the president of the Senate is as a replacement for the president and would need to actually be able to hold that position to be vp.
But I think you’re right, that’s just largely held to be the case but not explicitly defined.
That’s one thing about Trump’s administration, so many decent common sense norms that the common person assumed were codified were in fact self-enforced by basic decency in most administrations. That despite all the verbosity and crafting of the law, there’s still gigantic holes for a less decent administration to use…