22nd Amendment
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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THE 22ND AMENDMENT
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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 the office of President more than once.
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Why?
Ratified February 27, 1951
The 22nd Amendment—ratified in 1951—codified the two-term tradition for
the Presidency. George Washington began the tradition by retiring as
President after two terms.
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The tradition was tested in 1880 and 1912, but it
remained unbroken until Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt won a
third and fourth term in the White House in 1940 and 1944. In 1947, Congress
proposed the 22nd Amendment amid concerns that without limits, the Presidency could become a dictatorship
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Term Limits v. Thornton, 514 US 779 (1995). That case was about Arkansas adopted Amendment 73 which tried to set limits for AR representatives. The Supreme Court ruled that AR law conflicted with the 22nd amendment. As a result of this case and ruling 23 states had term limit laws nullified.
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