Can Trump Run for Two More Terms if Senate Throws Out Impeachment

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U.South. President Donald Trump gestures equally he speaks during a "Proceed America Great" entrada rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Getty Images).

No, Trump cannot run 2 more than times if the Senate does non convict him

Every bit the U.Due south. Senate continues the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, a meme is circulating claiming that if the Senate does not convict, Trump can run for president two more times.

The grammatically challenged post reads:

"Want to accident a snowflakes mind? Remind them if Trump is impeached in the business firm & not senate, he tin can run 2 more than times. The U.S. Constitution states that if a president is impeached by the Business firm but not convicted by the Senate, that person'southward first term is nullified and they are eligible to run for office two more times."

The post was flagged every bit part of Facebook's efforts to gainsay simulated news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more almost our partnership with Facebook.)

Back in October, we rated a almost identical claim Pants on Burn.

This one is also going up in flames.

"Information technology's totally simulated. Ludicrous. Wholly made up," said Harvard police force professor Laurence Tribe, co-writer of "To End a Presidency: The Ability of Impeachment."

It's as simple equally the showtime of  Section one of the 22nd Subpoena, University of Missouri law professor and impeachment expert Frank Bowman told usa. It reads:

"No person shall be elected to the role of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than than 2 years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall exist elected to the office of the President more than once."

No person can be elected three times. Trump was elected in 2016, and then he can but win election one more than fourth dimension. No impeachment exception.

Our ruling

A Facebook mail claims: "If Trump is impeached in the house & not senate, he tin run two more times."

Manifestly and simple, a person can be elected to only two terms as president. No exceptions.

We rate the claim Pants on Fire.

Facebook, mail, Dec. 20, 2019

PunditFact, "No, Donald Trump could non seek a third term if an impeachment trial failed," October. 2, 2019

Cornell Police School, 22nd Amendment to the Constitution

Email, Frank Bowman, professor at the University of Missouri Schoolhouse of Law and author of "High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump," Jan. 27, 2020

Email, Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe, co-author of "To Terminate a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment," Jan. 27, 2020

Email, Vanderbilt University ramble law professor Suzanna Sherry, Jan. 27, 2020

Email, Michael Gerhardt, University of North Carolina professor of constabulary and writer of Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jan. 27, 2020

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Source: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/27/facebook-posts/if-senate-does-not-convict-donald-trump-he-can-run/