Donald Trump has said it again: He would "love" to serve a third term, and his closest ally, Steve Bannon, claims "there is a plan" to make it happen. They are testing whether America will enforce one of the most fundamental limits in our democracy -- the two-term limit on the presidency.

The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is not complicated. It says no person can be elected president more than twice. The amendment was adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt's four elections to ensure that no one -- no matter how powerful -- could turn the presidency into a permanent position.

Trump and his allies are treating that limit as optional. By publicly raising the idea again and again, they are conditioning their followers to accept the notion that the rules can be bent for him. It's a deliberate strategy designed to create chaos, raise money, and erode trust in constitutional authority. The longer our country ignores this idea, the more it becomes normalized.

That's why the states matter. Before a candidate appears on the presidential ballot, the secretary of state in each state must certify their eligibility. It is their legal duty to ensure that no ineligible or unconstitutional candidate is listed

That includes a two-term president trying to run again. State officials can prevent a constitutional crisis before it starts by declaring now, and clearly, that Trump's third-term bid will not be accepted.

The 22nd Amendment applies equally to every president, past, present, or future. Defending it is defending the principle that power belongs to the people, not to any one person.

Sign on to demand that your secretary of state pledge now to block Donald Trump's unconstitutional attempt to run for a third term.