The text of the Twenty-Second Amendment seems clear that a president cannot be elected to a third term: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” This Essay looks further to the history surrounding the Twenty-Second Amendment, an exercise sometimes employed by judges, particularly those who favor the constitutional interpretive method of originalism. History shows that a president cannot be elected to a third term on the theory that the previous terms were nonconsecutive.
Month: March 2026
Volume 2026, No. 1
Contract Law and Civil Justice in Local Courts by Cathy Hwang & Justin Weinstein-Tull; Preempting Drug Price Reform by Shweta Kumar; Lessons Learned? COVID’s Continued Impact on Remote Work Disability Accommodations by D’Andra Millsap Shu; Unbundling AI Openness by Parth Nobel, Alan Z. Rozenshtein & Chinmayi Sharma.