Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor Weigh In on Presidential 3rd-Term Talk

Trump has suggested in interviews and speeches that he could run for a third term.

(L–R) Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Elena Kagan pose at a courtesy visit in the Justices Conference Room prior to the investiture ceremony of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in Washington on Sept. 30, 2022. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images

Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor were recently asked in interviews this week whether a president who has already served two terms could be elected for a third one.

President Donald Trump has suggested in interviews and speeches that he could run for a third term, although the president in May stated that it’s “not something I’m looking to do.”