Overview
- Alan Dershowitz met Trump in the Oval Office and handed him a draft of a forthcoming book arguing the Constitution is "not clear" on narrow scenarios for a third term, with publication expected next year.
- White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson praised Trump’s tenure and said the country would be "lucky" to have him longer, while chief of staff Susie Wiles has said Trump "knows he can't run again."
- Dershowitz outlines hypotheticals such as Electoral College abstentions that could send a decision to Congress, an outcome experts note has never resulted in Congress choosing a president in modern practice.
- Multiple legal scholars dismiss the proposed workarounds as highly unlikely or "absurd," though one points to a remote succession maneuver as the only quasi-credible theory still viewed as far-fetched.
- Reporters note no organized bid to circumvent the 22nd Amendment, and Dershowitz himself says he does not expect Trump to pursue a third term, with any real change requiring a difficult constitutional amendment.