(07-02-2024, 07:16 AM)classicdrogn Wrote: That seems a lot more drastic than I could see Biden going for, even if it might actually work as intended, and once you've made it to the oval office a career ending move is not so much of a sacrifice - there's no more up to go, the term limits are strict, and if Biden doesn't win it this time I really doubt he'd be up for a new run in four years, assuming there was enough America left in the United States to even hold elections by the end of a second Trump term.
Neither do I think he would do it, even if given his age and position he really has nothing to lose by taking the ultimate one for team America. He'd sooner quit the reelection bid and go home to wait for Trump's stormtroopers to come and arrest him.
And after this SC ruling, it doesn't matter if there are elections or not, the current president can invalidate them and remain in power until his death because its an "official act" and therefore immune from prosecution. And then his vice will assume and will be the next king president for life. Unless the military stage a rebellion and put some General in charge.