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Constitutional amendments need a 2/3 majority in the House and Senate to officially be proposed (except when proposed through a constitutional convention, which
by elihu 10y ago
Constitutional amendments need a 2/3 majority in the House and Senate to officially be proposed (except when proposed through a constitutional convention, which hasn't happened since the original constitution was written), and must be ratified by 3/4 of states to take effect. So, this won't happen unless there's suddenly a bi-partisan consensus that term limits are needed. (Also, congresspeople are unlikely to be willing to vote themselves out of a job.)
- croon 10y agoReality doesn't seem to be a relevant factor here, unfortunately. Hopefully this will get clearer sometime into his presidency, when most likely nothing will happen, but otherwise a downward spiral.
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