Overview
- Alan Dershowitz met with the president in the Oval Office this week and, according to the Wall Street Journal, said the constitutionality of a third term is "not clear."
- Dershowitz presented a draft of his forthcoming book titled "Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term?", which is slated for release in 2026.
- At a White House Hanukkah event, President Trump said Miriam Adelson offered $250 million if he ran again, and Adelson said she discussed the legality with Dershowitz and replied, "I will give it."
- The 22nd Amendment bars anyone from being elected president more than twice, and the 12th Amendment complicates any vice-presidential workaround.
- Reporting notes Trump has sent mixed signals, at times entertaining talk of 2028 while also acknowledging in October that a third run is not allowed under the Constitution.