• Rothe@piefed.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Quite the stretch. There really isn’t any comparison to be done between a war of foreign aggression and a civil war in this context. Also didn’t the US allow a third time for Roosevelt during WWII for much the same reasons?

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Quite the stretch. There really isn’t any comparison to be done between a war of foreign aggression and a civil war in this context.

      As I said elsewhere, the effect of denying the centralized government the ability to offer elections in occupied territory is the same.

      Also didn’t the US allow a third time for Roosevelt during WWII for much the same reasons?

      There was no law at the time limiting the number of terms presidents could win.