Rep. Andy Ogles wants to change the Constitution to give President Trump a third term, less than a week into his second stint in the White House. 

Mr. Ogles proposed a resolution to change the 22nd Amendment which limits presidents to two terms. The Tennessee Republican’s push is a long shot but stands as another reminder of the devout loyalty that some Republicans have for Mr. Trump. 

“He has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal,” Mr. Ogles said. 

Mr. Ogles’ proposal is exclusively geared toward letting Mr. Trump serve a third term, but wouldn’t allow three of the four living former presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, to mount another bid for office. 

That’s because his resolution lets a person serve three terms only if he or she hasn’t had two consecutive terms in office, nor would it allow a person to seek a third term if he or she has served “more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President,” the resolution reads.  

Currently, the 22nd Amendment reads, in part, that “no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”

In order to make a change to the Constitution, the lawmaker’s resolution must receive a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers of Congress, and then be ratified by three-fourths of the states. 

Democrats are highly unlikely to support the change. Indeed, Rep. Dan Goldman, New York Democrat, introduced a measure late last year that clarified Mr. Trump can’t serve three terms. 

Mr. Trump has joked that he would be open to a third term in office and reportedly told House Republicans during a closed-door meeting shortly after his victory in November that “I suspect I won’t be running again, unless you say, ‘He’s so good we’ve got to figure something else out.’” 

The constitutional amendment Mr. Ogles seeks to change was ratified in 1951 to prevent a president from serving more than two terms following former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s record four terms in office. Mr. Roosevelt was the only president to serve more than two terms and died shortly after his fourth inauguration in 1945. 

The last addition to the Constitution was ratified in 1992. It’s the 27th Amendment, which ensures that any changes to lawmakers’ salaries take place after an election.

• Alex Miller can be reached at amiller@washingtontimes.com.