Third Term? Attorney Alan Dershowitz, background center left in blue shirt, listens to remarks by President Donald Trump during his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, in May 2024.

Alan Dershowitz: Trump Can Serve a Third Term

by Garrett Epps April 2, 2026May 5, 2026

The famous author and law professor argues that the president isn’t prevented from serving a third term. This former Dershowitz admirer begs to differ.

President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony of the White House after Barrett took her oath as a Supreme Court justice on Oct. 26, 2020.

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