Sunday, December 6, 2009

The 22nd Amendment

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"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."


The twenty-second amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified in 1951 and set the term limit of the President.
Section 1 dictates that no person shall be elected more than twice to the office of President. Furthermore, any person who has held the office of President, or who has acted in as President, for more than two years of a term to which another person was elected as President, shall not be elected more than once to the office of President. However, the President holding office at the time this article was proposed did not have to be subject to the rules, and, such person would be allowed to complete the term they were elected to serve, even if it be inconsistent with this article.
Section 2 creates the automatic nullification of this article should it not be ratified by the states within seven years of its submission to the states.
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Congress should set term limits for public good


NOVEMBER 25, 2009
The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution was enacted on Feb. 27, 1951. It limits the president's time in office to two terms of four years.



The members of Congress that passed this amendment do not have term limits on their own tenure to this day. A member of the House of Representatives is elected to a two-year term and a member of the Senate is elected to a six-year term.
There should be term limits for congressmen and senators as well. This would give the opportunity for more citizens to become involved in the workings of their government on a national level. If Congress had included its members in the two-term limit as part of the 22nd Amendment, we wouldn't be reading about Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) turning 92 years of age on Nov. 20 and serving in the U.S. Senate for almost 57 years.
A 28th Amendment should set term limits for members of Congress at two, four-year terms. Will this ever come to fruition? I seriously doubt it because Congress would have to cast the votes.
David M. Levin
Vineland




I chose this article because it cites the 22nd amendment in making a case for congressional term limits.
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I chose this video because it concerns President Obama's view on the 22nd amendment.

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1 comments: to “ The 22nd Amendment ”

  • Jalaj Ahuja
    December 07, 2009 4:15 AM  

    Some people are stupid enough to bring up things like this. I don't think that Obama was trying to hint at the fact that he's trying to repeal the 22nd amendment. All he probably did was confuse his wording a bit. After all, he is human.

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