Patrick
2022-05-14 21:29:29 UTC
The Text
Section 1. 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 President more than once. But this Article shall not apply
to any person holding the office of President when this Article was
proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be
holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the
term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the
office of President or acting as President during the remainder of
such term.
Section 2. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have
been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven
years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
The Meaning
Although nothing in the original Constitution limited presidential
terms, the nationâs first president, George Washington, declined to
run for a third term, suggesting that two terms of four years were
enough for any president. Washingtonâs voluntary two-term limit
became the unwritten rule for all presidents until 1940.
In that year, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had steered
the nation through the Great Depression of the 1930s, won a third
term and was elected in 1944 for a fourth term as well. Following
President Rooseveltâs death in April 1945, just months into his
fourth term, Republicans in Congress sought passage of Amendment
XXII. FDR was the first and only president to serve more than two
terms.
Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February
27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to
two terms in office, a total of eight years. However, it is possible
for an individual to serve up to ten years as president. The
amendment specifies that if a vice president or other successor
takes over for a presidentâ who, for whatever reason, cannot fulfill
the termâ and serves two years or less of the former presidentâs
term, the new president may serve for two full four-year terms. If
more than two years remain of the term when the successor assumes
office, the new president may serve only one additional term.
The Biden administration is comprised 99% in total of Obama retreads
and gay sexual degenerates railroaded through by Nancy Pelosi.
Joe Biden is incapable of meaningful leadership and has abdicated
his presidency to an unelected, ineligible radical, insulated by
former staff.
The radical is Barack Obama.
Congress is compelled to remedy this situation and they have not.
Section 1. 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 President more than once. But this Article shall not apply
to any person holding the office of President when this Article was
proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be
holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the
term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the
office of President or acting as President during the remainder of
such term.
Section 2. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have
been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the
legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven
years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
The Meaning
Although nothing in the original Constitution limited presidential
terms, the nationâs first president, George Washington, declined to
run for a third term, suggesting that two terms of four years were
enough for any president. Washingtonâs voluntary two-term limit
became the unwritten rule for all presidents until 1940.
In that year, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had steered
the nation through the Great Depression of the 1930s, won a third
term and was elected in 1944 for a fourth term as well. Following
President Rooseveltâs death in April 1945, just months into his
fourth term, Republicans in Congress sought passage of Amendment
XXII. FDR was the first and only president to serve more than two
terms.
Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February
27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to
two terms in office, a total of eight years. However, it is possible
for an individual to serve up to ten years as president. The
amendment specifies that if a vice president or other successor
takes over for a presidentâ who, for whatever reason, cannot fulfill
the termâ and serves two years or less of the former presidentâs
term, the new president may serve for two full four-year terms. If
more than two years remain of the term when the successor assumes
office, the new president may serve only one additional term.
The Biden administration is comprised 99% in total of Obama retreads
and gay sexual degenerates railroaded through by Nancy Pelosi.
Joe Biden is incapable of meaningful leadership and has abdicated
his presidency to an unelected, ineligible radical, insulated by
former staff.
The radical is Barack Obama.
Congress is compelled to remedy this situation and they have not.