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.
Fun Fact:
"Roosevelt is the longest serving president in American history (1933-1945). He was elected to an unprecedented 4 terms in 1944 but died in office in 1945, less than a hundred days after his inauguration. In 1951 a constitutional amendment was created (22nd amendment) which limited a president to just two terms."
Do you think the 22nd amendment is a good or a bad thing? Should a president if wanting to be able to run for a 3rd, 4th, or even 5th term?
Though it did not pass were you aware of the H.J. Res. 15. It was an attempt to repeal the 22nd amendment and give the president a chance to run for more then 2 terms. DO you think this is valid bill or no?
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