Amendment XXII
Ratified February 27, 1951.
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 twenty-second amendment was important because it sets a term limit for the election to become president. George Washington was one of the founders that was thought of for limiting to two terms because he decided not to seek a third term although he might not have been seeking re-election because of his age. Thomas Jefferson also contributed to the two-term limit by pretty much stating that if there wasn't a two-term limit, then the four years could soon become for life. There were only a few presidents that attempted to serve more than two terms, but failed. Ulysses S. Grant is one of them, but he ended up losing to his party's nomination. Two others that tried to be elected for a third-term, but lost to other candidates are Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. Franklin Roosevelt was the only President to have served more than two terms. Some might say that if there were Presidents that served for longer than two-terms, then it could be very threatening to the country.
This is what seems to be a campaign button that states: "No man is good three times." This was meant to support the twenty-second amendment. Many people do believe that a third term in office would not lead to a happy ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYx4NUMEdoA
This link leads you to a short video clip of someone deciphering what Obama has stated within these forty seconds. Obama talks of dealing with other presidents and talking with them for the next 8-10 years. The person who made this clip suggested that 8-10 years adds up to longer than two terms, which shows that maybe Obama has an interest in repealing the twenty-second amendment.
The twenty-second amendment was important because it sets a term limit for the election to become president. George Washington was one of the founders that was thought of for limiting to two terms because he decided not to seek a third term although he might not have been seeking re-election because of his age. Thomas Jefferson also contributed to the two-term limit by pretty much stating that if there wasn't a two-term limit, then the four years could soon become for life. There were only a few presidents that attempted to serve more than two terms, but failed. Ulysses S. Grant is one of them, but he ended up losing to his party's nomination. Two others that tried to be elected for a third-term, but lost to other candidates are Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. Franklin Roosevelt was the only President to have served more than two terms. Some might say that if there were Presidents that served for longer than two-terms, then it could be very threatening to the country.
This is what seems to be a campaign button that states: "No man is good three times." This was meant to support the twenty-second amendment. Many people do believe that a third term in office would not lead to a happy ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYx4NUMEdoA
This link leads you to a short video clip of someone deciphering what Obama has stated within these forty seconds. Obama talks of dealing with other presidents and talking with them for the next 8-10 years. The person who made this clip suggested that 8-10 years adds up to longer than two terms, which shows that maybe Obama has an interest in repealing the twenty-second amendment.
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