‘Really Chilling’: Trump Judicial Nominees Refuse to Say He’s Not Eligible for 3rd Term

Photo: “TWO KINGS.” King Charles III is a constitutional monarch, meaning his powers are largely ceremonial and symbolic, operating within the framework of a parliamentary democracy. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian via Flickr. US government work. Article by Brad Reed. Common Dreams – May 5, 2026.

“The language of the constitutional amendment… makes it clear that no, he is not eligible for a third term,” Sen. Chris Coons informed one Trump judicial nominee.

Political observers are expressing alarm after several of President Donald Trump’s lifetime judicial nominees refused to say whether he is eligible to run for a third term. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) asked Trump judicial nominee John Marck to describe the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution, which states that “no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.” […]

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