Third term talk triggers constitutional pushback | JQJO

After Steve Bannon claimed Donald Trump would seek an unconstitutional third term, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “I would love to do it,” briefly entertaining a vice presidential workaround he called “too cute” and that would violate the 12th Amendment. House Speaker Mike Johnson cited the 22nd Amendment and labeled the chatter trolling, as a new poll put Trump at net -19 approval. The piece contends a rightwing legal apparatus and the supreme court are eroding constitutional limits—from moves against the Education Department to attacks on birthright citizenship—and warns only public mobilization, not lawsuits, can check him.