[Maru]

Originally Posted by arista

Which,
will be changed

It's click bait, arista.

Constitutional amendments require 2/3rd support from Congress and 3/4th of the State Legislation to RATIFY an amendment. That means 3 out of 4 state governments individually will have to go through their own process to support the change.

We are no where near a political environment that supports Constitutional amendments right now. They are trolling people who don't know their civics.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Maru

It's click bait, arista.

Constitutional amendments require 2/3rd support from Congress and 3/4th of the State Legislation to RATIFY an amendment. That means 3 out of 4 state governments individually will have to go through their own process to support the change.

We are no where near a political environment that supports Constitutional amendments right now. They are trolling people who don't know their civics.

Of Course
it will take a few years

Steve Bannon spoke of this

A Clip was on our Ch4HDnews

[Maru]

Originally Posted by arista

Of Course
it will take a few years

Steve Bannon spoke of this

A Clip was on our Ch4HDnews

Bannon is a troll.

It's highly unlikely we see any amendments within the next decade, much in mere "few years". Especially for anything that increases term limits. People here have been demanding shorter term limits in Congress to limit rot. They certainly don't want either side to have the capability to put up any President for 12 years. We are well-adjusted to the two term rule and it has a strong political consensus that is based in history. Americans do not inherently trust government or authority and if it weren't for freebies and other pandering, our first inclination would be to strip more of their power. (Check back in a decade or so when we run out of freebies...)

If somehow Congress gets the super-majority it needs in both House and the Senate—which it won't—and manages to pass the process off to the States, different states will come up with a vote based on whatever procedures are in their own Constitutions to determine its will. Some may require popular vote from the public in a referendum and that's not an easy threshold to meet, especially in states with big blue majorities in metro areas. In states that require it, even if it were Red, a popular vote could get through that regardless so going off of maps would also be pointless in trying to predict a consensus.

The Constitution was always intended to be next to impossible to modify without a massive consensus. If it were so easy to modify the Constitution, then there would be no need for parties to game the courts or force ideas through executive order.. they could just call up the states for a major amendment... They don't try because they know they can't. They can't even get basic laws passed through simpler majorities in Congress.

The last amendment to pass was in 1992 and it was pre-written by one of our Founders and it had to do with Congressional pay... the one before it was in 1971..

22nd amendment:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_l...ates#President

Franklin D. Roosevelt (president, 1933–1945) was the only president to be elected more than twice, having won a third term in 1940 and a fourth term in 1944 (though he died in office three months into his fourth term). This gave rise to a successful move to formalize the traditional two-term limit by amending the U.S. Constitution. As ratified in 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment provides that "no person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice." The new amendment explicitly did not apply to the incumbent president, Harry S. Truman. However, Truman declined to seek re-election to a third term in 1952.[30]

FDR’s third-term election and the 22nd amendment
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/...22nd-amendment

On November 5, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a third term in office—an unprecedented act that would be barred by a constitutional amendment a decade later.

Roosevelt’s decision to break the precedent set by George Washington was made in July 1940, as the United States neared its entry into World War II.

The third-term decision dominated his election campaign against the Republican contender, Wendell Wilkie. In the end, Roosevelt won the election by a wide margin, and he was able to win a fourth election in 1944.

It doesn't happen often, but I actually agree with CNN on this:

Why Trump needs to keep the third-term talk going
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/27/polit...hird-term-2028

But even if Trump has no plans to seek a third term in 2028, when he’d be 82, he has plenty of reason to keep talking about the possibility — even beyond his affinity for trolling.

That’s because it helps him stave off something that is looming increasingly large: lame-duck status.

Absolutely. With midterms not being that far off, they need to keep up the enthusiasm of their base. Especially with the govt shutdown, SNAP about to go unfunded and all the other complaints about the job market/economy that are effecting many people right now...

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Maru

It's click bait, arista.

Constitutional amendments require 2/3rd support from Congress and 3/4th of the State Legislation to RATIFY an amendment. That means 3 out of 4 state governments individually will have to go through their own process to support the change.

We are no where near a political environment that supports Constitutional amendments right now. They are trolling people who don't know their civics.

Thank you for that information Maru.
I knew some of it as I have family in California, however they don't seem to grasp a lot of the constitution despite living there

So it was good to see your post here on this.
Plus your longer later post too.

I'm really best myself just not commenting on Trump's nonsense though.