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Political observers are expressing alarm after several of President Donald Trump’s lifetime judicial nominees refused to say whether he is eligible to run for a third term.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) asked Trump judicial nominee John Marck to describe the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution, which states that “no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice.”

“The 22nd Amendment… senator, my career has mostly been in criminal prosecution, I haven’t had an opportunity to use that one, specifically,” Marck replied.

JUST IN: A Trump judicial nominee was asked point blank: is Trump eligible to run for a third term?Their answer: “I would have to review the actual wording…”Sen. Chris Coons then asked every nominee in the room to confirm the Constitution bars a third term.Silence.Every… pic.twitter.com/LzUZxFzaOL— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) May 4, 2026

JUST IN: A Trump judicial nominee was asked point blank: is Trump eligible to run for a third term?Their answer: “I would have to review the actual wording…”Sen. Chris Coons then asked every nominee in the room to confirm the Constitution bars a third term.Silence.Every… pic.twitter.com/LzUZxFzaOL

“Anyone able to help on the 22nd........

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