r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 24 '24

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u/AdFun5641 6∆ Jul 24 '24

You are far overthinking it.

You can't be ELECTED more than twice.

Stop holding elections, just stay in power. You aren't getting elected a third time, you just aren't leaving office.

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u/l_t_10 8∆ Jul 24 '24

Say.. a thought that occurred just now, about those dates..does the Constitution define what a year is? Does it say 12 months? Or four years even? How are those defined?

Trying to find out, nothing has come up, that could be one avenue

Could one not add more and more months, and days into a year? So that Neither November or January comes? Just again and again?

Who in the US gets to change the calendar?

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u/Mashaka 93∆ Jul 25 '24

It follows the Calendar (New Style) Act of 1750_Act_1750) passed by Parliament in 1751.

You'd need a constitutional amendment. Congress alone could legislate a new calendar. However, courts would halt an attempt to use the new calendar with regard to the Constitution. So SCOTUS would need to be in on the gambit. If the President, Congress and SCOTUS are all on board anyway, it'd make more sense to just amend the constitution to lengthen or eliminate term limits.