…Trump also suggested during the high-level meeting with Xi Jinping that the US, China and Russia should join forces to challenge the International Criminal Court, noting that their interests align.

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    10 hours ago

    term ends

    hahah yeah about that, so there was that one time he amended the Fucking Constitution to remove presidency term limits so uh

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          Changing USA’s constitution requires a 2/3’s vote in both House of Representatives and Senate, plus ratification by 3/4’s of the States (i.e. 38 States).

          Right now, neither side has the numbers to pass a constitutional amendment.

          Republicans control 28 states, Democrats have 18, and 4 are split.

          At the Federal level, the House and Senate are both close to an even 50/50 split.

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            The Constitution has as much power as the paper it’s written on if the judicial branch won’t use it as a guideline, the executive branch does whatever they please, and the legislative branch codifies the new behavior after the act, which is then allowed to stand because the judicial branch doesn’t care if it’s unconstitutional.