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Monday, December 6, 2010

The Twenty-second Amendment

Amendment XXII



"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 the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the 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."
This Amendment sets a term limit for the President of the United States, stating that a President cannot be elected for a third term. He or she can only serve for two terms. Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947 and  it was ratified by the requisite number of states on February 27, 1951.

Obama: plans to be in office "8-10 years" - Moving to Repeal 22nd Amendment?





Comment:

According to this video it seems and maybe President Barack Obama made a mistake when he said that he was planning on meeting with the other president for the next ten years. This does lead into a misunderstanding making ourselves ask if he will repeal the Twenty second Amendment. In the United States only one President served for more than two terms, Franklin D Roosevelt. I don't think that on this time something like this would happened. I am sure if Obama would like to change the Constitution many people in the US would be against it.

The 22nd Amendment Could Destroy This Country

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  1. Term limits MUST be initiated on ALL elected judges who now serve for life sometimes twenty five years or more. Want a president in for that long? Because of voters routinely voting incumbents (rubber stamp apathy) judges now RULE with immunity and impunity with no fear of reprisals. Thousands of oligarchy's exist all across this nation now destroying what rights the Constitution once guaranteed us. It is public apathy that is ultimately to blame. This is happening now and I have the proof, but who cares?

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