An article published by the reputable website Daily World Update is circulating a story Trump supporters are loving to read. The article claims that a little-known law from the Nixon era gives the Supreme Court the ability to extend the term of a President acquitted by the Senate after being impeached by the House:

“There’s a little-known precedent on the books that Democrats are trying desperately to have removed before the impeachment trial of President Trump begins. In 1974, as Nixon faced impeachment, the Republican Congress passed a law that would allow his term to be extended if he was acquitted.

The law was specific to Nixon, and was set to expire in 5 years, but Nixon resigned. The removal of the law, therefore, never happened.

According to legal analyst and constitutional scholar, Art Tubolls, the fact that the law exists at all sets a precedent: