22nd Amendment Constitution Law Government
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.
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- US Presidency, Two-Term Limits - Presents both sides of the issue along with history and constitution comments.
- Term Limits Help Prevent Dictatorships - Paper from the State Department discussing term limits constitution in the constitution light of Venezuela deciding on a constitution President for life.
- No More Second-Term Blues - By Susan Dunn. Article published in the New York Times constitution discussing the downside of term limits for the President.
- Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia - Sets term limits for President of the United States. Article includes text, ratification dates and states and links.
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