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On 15 May 2014, the National Report published an article reporting that Barack Obama had (in defiance of constitutional provisions) shockingly proclaimed he would be seeking a third term as President of the United States: By the following day links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated via social media, with many of those who encountered the item mistaking it for a genuine news article. However, the article was just more fabricated clickbait from the National Report, a fake news web site that publishes outrageous fictional stories such as IRS Plans to Target Leprechauns Next, Boy Scouts Announce Boobs Merit Badge, and New CDC Study Indicates Pets of Gay Couples Worse at Sports, Better at Fashion Than Pets of Straight Couples. The National Report's disclaimer page states that: The 22nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits any person from being elected to the office of President more than twice, so (absent a change to the Constitution) Barack Obama would be forever barred from running for that office once his second term in office expires in January 2017. The National Report article claims this amendment includes a loophole which allows a third term with Congressional approval: This statement is incorrect. The three-fourths threshold mentioned here refers to the proportion of state legislatures that were required to ratify the 22nd amendment in order for it to become part of the Constitution. There is no provision of that amendment holding that a person may seek a third term as President if he receives 75% approval from the Congress.
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