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SRES 154119th CongressIn Committee

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Donald Trump is ineligible in any future elections to be elected Vice-President or President, or to serve as President beyond the conclusion of his current term.

Introduced: Apr 3, 2025
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This is a Senate resolution titled “Expressing the sense of the Senate that Donald Trump is ineligible in any future elections to be elected Vice-President or President, or to serve as President beyond the conclusion of his current term.” Introduced in the 119th Congress on April 3, 2025 by Senator Markey and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, the measure states that Trump is ineligible to hold or seek the offices of Vice President or President in any future elections and to serve as President beyond his current term. The resolution frames this ineligibility through references to the Twelfth and Twenty-Second Amendments of the U.S. Constitution and presents this as the sense of the Senate, not as new law. In short, it expresses a political position that, under constitutional provisions, Trump cannot serve in those offices in the future. Because it is a non-binding “sense of the Senate” resolution, it does not create or change law or specify enforcement mechanisms. Its impact is primarily political and rhetorical, signaling the Senate’s view on Trump’s eligibility and potentially shaping public and legislative discourse, rather than altering constitutional rules or creating legal disqualifications by itself.

Key Points

  • 1It is a non-binding “sense of the Senate” resolution, not a law; it expresses the Senate’s opinion rather than creating legal obligations or penalties.
  • 2The resolution cites the Twelfth Amendment, which says no person constitutionally ineligible to be President may be eligible to be Vice President.
  • 3It also cites the Twenty-Second Amendment, which restricts presidential elections to no more than two elected terms and limits serving beyond those terms; the resolution asserts Trump’s ineligibility under this amendment as well.
  • 4The document states that Trump “has been elected to the office of the President twice,” and uses that fact to argue he cannot be elected again or to serve beyond his current term.
  • 5It explicitly states the purpose: to declare that Trump is ineligible in any future elections for Vice President or President, or to serve as President after the end of his current term.
  • 6Procedural status: Introduced in the Senate on April 3, 2025 by Senator Markey and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; no further legislative action is described in the text provided.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected- Donald Trump and his potential future candidacies; voters and political supporters and opponents; organizations assessing eligibility for national office.Secondary group/area affected- The legislative and political process, including the Senate’s role in signaling interpretations of constitutional eligibility; constitutional scholars and election lawyers.Additional impacts- Political discourse and messaging around eligibility in future elections; potential impact on campaign rhetoric and planning, even though the measure does not change law.- Possible future litigation or constitutional interpretation challenges could reference or respond to Senate sentiment, though any binding disqualification would require statutory or constitutional action beyond a resolutive sense of the Senate.
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