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. In that year, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who had steered the nation through the Great Depression of the s, won a third term and was elected in for a fourth term as well.
On this day in , the 22nd Amendment was ratified, limiting the number of terms served by the President. The move ended a…. In this fast-paced and fun session, students review all of the 27 amendments added to the Constitution, and explore the big ideas…. So if a president died, resigned, or was impeached and removed from office, the vice president would be sworn in.
If two years or less was left on the previous president's term, the new president could serve out that term and still be qualified to run for two full terms of their own. That means the most any president can serve in the White House is 10 years. The framers of the Constitution originally considered a lifetime appointment by Congress for the president. When this proposal failed, they discussed whether the president should be elected by either the Congress, the people, or something in between, such as the Electoral College which was eventually chosen and whether term limits should be imposed.
The idea of an appointment by Congress, with the option for re-appointment, failed on the fear that a president could make an underhanded deal with Congress to get re-appointed. Over the years, several lawmakers have proposed repealing the 22nd Amendment. Congressional opponents of the 22nd Amendment argue that it restricts voters from exercising their will. As Rep. John McCormack, D-Mass. One of the most high-profile opponents of the two-term limit for presidents was Republican President Ronald Reagan , who was elected to and served two terms in office.
In a interview with The Washington Post, Reagan lamented the lack of focus on important issues and lame-duck presidents , who have no power to effect change because everyone knows their term is coming to an end since they can't be reelected.
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