They wanted to explicitly ban getting elected more than two times but in the process of writing the amendment, they traded the broader language for more stringent language because they probably wanted to account for VP succession in case of death which unfortunately left a potential loophole.
no, there is no loophole. they accounted for taking over as VP and for being elected POTUS. they cover all of it lol
That’s the issue. They could have just wrote “no person shall serve as president for more than 2 terms” which the original amendment proposal was close to but they used “elected” and also wanted to account for when a president dies/resigns before 2 years so the VP can still run for 2 terms as pres
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I think this is the area where constitutional norms, precedent, and intent should be follow instead just abiding by the text word for word.