The U.S. Attorney General said on Sunday that Donald Trump’s finding a legal way to run for a third president would be “heavy weightlifting.”
Pam Bondi told Fox News Sunday, “But I think he might finish after this semester.”
The U.S. Constitution was amended in 1947 to limit the president’s two-year limit, and soon after Franklin Roosevelt died at the beginning of his fourth term in the White House.
But the constitutional amendment requires two-thirds of the Capitol and three-quarters of the 50 states to ratify, which political analysts believe is extremely unlikely.
“It’s really the only way,” Bondy said. “It’s going to be a heavy lift.”
Trump’s early talk about people seeking third term was fantasy, but on March 31, the 78-year-old president told NBC News He is not “joking” with such a possibility.
He said there is a “way” to achieve.
Former Florida Attorney General Bondi’s remarks on the difficulty of a third term of law seem to be consistent with the views of most constitutional scholars.
But, just as the confirmed Trump loyalist serves as the administration’s Supreme Law Enforcement Office, her comments have a greater significance.
Early in the interview Fox’s Shannon Bream of Bondi opposes the broad legal deductions Trump is still facing when he is still actively developing policies.
“We have filed 170 lawsuits against us, which should be the constitutional crisis there,” she said. “When these cases pass through the court, “we will continue to fight.”
Bondy is charged with killing Brian Thompson, an executive of New York State Health Insurance, on December 4, 2024, for the administration’s decision to sentence death in Luigi Mangione.
“The president’s instructions are very clear: We will seek death penalty where possible,” she said. “If there is a death case, this is one.”
Bondi was eager in a recent legal victory when the Supreme Court on Friday relating to the government’s dispute over the education sector freezing so-called DEI grants, involving efforts to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion.
The right-leaning court allowed the government to continue to freeze $64 million for teacher training and professional development.
“We just had a huge victory and we’re going to continue fighting every day,” Bondy said.
