The 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, says that no one “constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President.” ...

Stephen Sachs has posted his forthcoming article, The Twelfth Amendment and the ERA, on SSRN. The article is forthcoming in volume VCII of the University of Chicago Law Review (2025). The abstract ...

In interaction with the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, the 22nd Amendment also has potential legal implications for who can seek the office of vice president. According to the 12th ...

However, this potential loophole is invalidated by the 12th Amendment redefining the procedure to elect the president and vice president, experts said. This earlier amendment, ratified in 1804, ...

Some see the 12th Amendment, which says "no person constitutionally ineligible" to be president can be vice president, as a barrier to a twice-elected president becoming the VP. That's "an ...

That path, though, appears to be blocked by the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, which ordains that “no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice ...

Law professors say the 22nd and 12th Amendments appear to bar the possibility, but that ambiguous wording could give rise to a legal challenge. ... States completed ratification in February 1951.

(NEXSTAR) – Former President Trump has been projected to retake the White House for a second non-consecutive term starting in January. The historic election marked the first in well over 100 ...

What if a convention were called and the delegates agreed to change (1) the First Amendment to require federal and state campaign finance limits and ban corporate campaign contributions; (2) the ...

The answer was the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, ... This isn’t a partisan thing. I argued for repealing the 12th Amendment when Barack Obama was in the Oval Office.

Trump, on the other hand, is barred from running for a third full term thanks to the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified over 50 years after Cleveland left office.