im 100% canadian, I dont live in the US and wondering about your system.

so as i understand your political system, a president can only hold office 2 terms. in Trumps case, he served once already, does that mean he can only serve one more, or is the clock reset and he gets a shot at 8 years?

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    Too bad people who wrote that didn’t specify what it meant.

    Like does it mean:

    A. If popular opinion deems a person commited an act of insurrection, they are inelligible.

    B. Congress passed a resolution that deems a person have committed an act of insurrection

    C. The Supreme Court has ruled that a person have committed insurrection

    D. The person gets charged with committing an act of insurrection.

    E. The person gets convicted with committing an act of insurrection.

    Because

    A is just dumb,

    B would allow a republican controlled congress declare a democratic candidate inelligible. Basically its just partisan shenanigans.

    C also allows partisan shenanigans

    D is presuming someone guilty, bad idea.

    E trump has only been convicted of state charges of fraud, not anything involving insurrection.

    So yea they should’ve worded it better on what it means.