Being
suspicious
of
kings
isn’t
just
the
motivation
for
trendy
protests,
it
is
a
value
that
goes
to
the
heart
of
American
values.
That’s
part
of
the
reason
that
we
have
the
22nd
Amendment.
Whether
or
not
you
think
FDR’s
terms
were
good
or
bad
for
the
country,
there’s
a
general
consensus
that
FDR
being
elected
president
four
times
was
two
times
too
many
—
there’s
a
point
where
presidential
terms
risk
becoming
longstanding
reigns
without
some
convenient
cut-off
mechanism.
Under
normal
circumstances,
that
enshrined
constitutional
value
would
prevent
ego-driven
reality
TV
stars
from
setting
up
shop
for
too
long
in
the
White
House.
Unfortunately
we
aren’t
under
normal
circumstances.
Things
are
so
weird
that
DOJ
lawyers
seem
to
just
take
it
as
a
given
that
Trump
will
be
serving
a
third
time.
Bloomberg
Law
has
coverage:
Lawyers
arguing
Monday
in
front
of
a
Sixth
Circuit
panel—including
one
Justice
Department
attorney—made
apparent
references
to
President
Donald
Trump
serving
a
third
term,
after
the
president
said
that
he’d
“love”
to
run
for
one.Attorney
Robert
J.
Olson
first
told
the
three
judges
on
the
Cincinnati-based
court
that
a
new
administration
will
be
in
place
“in
three
years
or
in
seven
years.”
Then,
when
DOJ
attorney
Sean
R.
Janda
argued,
he
repeated
a
variation
of
that
line,
talking
about
a
change
that
may
occur,
“as
my
friend
on
the
other
side
said,
three
years
in
the
future
or
seven
years
in
the
future.”None
of
the
judges
pressed
either
attorney
on
those
statements.
Not
to
tell
an
honorable
judicial
panel
how
to
do
their
job
or
anything,
but
that
would
have
been
a
great
time
to
interrupt
and
point
at
the
22nd
Amendment
in
your
well-read
and
readily
available
pocket
Constitution!
Not
one
of
them
raised
a
hand
or
asked
for
clarification?
Goes
to
show
it
pays
to
pay
attention
to
talking
heads
and
alt-right
strategists
—
this
administration’s
gap
between
fantasy
and
policy
is
rapidly
shrinking.
Remember
the
Fox
News
interviewer
playfully
hinting
at
the
22nd
Amendment’s
black-and-white
language
having
a
bit
of
wiggle
room?
Or
Steve
Bannon’s
matter-of-fact
statement
that
there
are
ways
to
deal
with
the
22nd
Amendment?:
Open
defiance
of
the
Constitution
is
something
judges
should
nip
in
the
bud
instead
of
letting
lawyers
carry
on
as
if
nothing
controversial
happened.
Third
Trump
Term
Raised
By
DOJ,
Opposing
Lawyer
At
Argument
(1)
[Bloomberg
Law]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.