Lawyer Dershowitz told Trump constitutionality of third term is unclear, says WSJ

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Dec 17 (Reuters) – Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz told President Donald Trump the U.S. Constitution was not clear about whether he could serve a third term, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Dershowitz told the newspaper he had made the comment during a discussion with Trump on Tuesday about a draft copy of a book the lawyer had written on whether he could constitutionally serve a third term.

The 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states in part that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”

(Reporting by Jasper Ward, writing by David Ljunggren, editing by Chris Reese)