Bill to Repeal the 22 Amendment

111th Congress First Session ^ | Jan 6, 2009 | Rep. Serrano

[The Good Doctor]

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. J. RES. 5 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 6, 2009

[ScottinVA]

Helping zer0 follow his mentor Piggo Chavez in becoming president-for-life.

[RSmithOpt]

Can only be done by the states as in passing an amendment.

[The Good Doctor]

Was I asleep? Did I miss this?

[Terpfen]

That took longer than I thought.

[Paleo Conservative]

Good luck! It will have to pass both the House and Senate with a 2/3’rds majority and then be ratified by 3/4’ths of the states.

[Domandred]

Will never go anywhere

[Vaquero]

3/4 of the states needed to ratify.

[ScottinVA]

“Will never go anywhere”

You’re right. The easier track will be canxing elections. Y’know... because we’ll need the continuity in this time of need. /s

[Blogger]

No.

[BigEdLB]

"Helping zer0 follow his mentor Piggo Chavez in becoming president-for-life."

I may not have said it thatway, but that idea was the first thing that came to my mind...

[RSmithOpt]

Also to 3/4 of the states must repeal unless declared unconstitutional by SCOTUS. Cut and dried.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

It’s proposed annually.

[trumandogz]

The Republicans pushed the 22nd through to get back at FDR and the only thing they accomplished was to deny us a third term for President Reagan.

[Vendome]

Whatever. The only way Obama or anyone will serve more than 8 years is when the Constitution is replaced.

Need 2/3 states approval for ammendment.

Not gonna happen.

Unless ACORN is counting the votes

[WayneS]

I'd bet that if one were to do a little research (which I am not going to do because I do not care enough about it), one would find that some crack-pot member of the House of Reprehensibles from one party or the other (depending upon who is president) introduces something like this almost every year. It most likley gets shot down or ignored, and is then filed away in the Dead Legislation Office until some other crack-pot (or possibly the SAME crack-pot) reintroduces it in the next session.

But that's just a guess.

[FES0844]

Don’t they have more important issues to address????

[Vaquero]

unless his holiness the messiah gets the backing of the military and declares marshall law....then we are no longer America.

It feels like that now.

[Panzerlied]

“Good luck! It will have to pass both the House and Senate with a 2/3’rds majority and then be ratified by 3/4’ths of the states.”

With ACORN doing the next census, who knows?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I knew this one was coming.

[JudgemAll]

A permanent mandate makes not the ruler permanent. The home hating stray dog is whining for a permanent world imperios home.

[RSmithOpt]

True. Will 0 declare marshal law if Dodd isn’t given millions by Wall Street to run for re-election?

[SpaceBar]

Next they’ll remove the batteries from smoke detectors in the Reichstag.

[Vaquero]

and if alsheimers would have reared its ugly head during his 3rd term, he would have been so vilified by the left as to wipe out all the good he did in the first 2 terms.

better the way it wound up, with RINO Bush 41. It kept Ronaldus Magnus’s legacy clean.

[Tatze]

The same bill has been introduced in every Congress for the past 20+ years. It has never made it out of committee. And even if it did, it has the hurdle of passing 3/4 of the states. In other words, ain’t happening, so stop worrying.

[Oldpuppymax]

A 2/3rds majority? Three fourths of the states? Don’t be naive. That’s the OLD way. In order to do it the NEW way, Hussein has to agree, Pelosi has to say it’s OK with her and the MSM reports that anyone speaking against it is a dirty, stinking racist, guilty of a hate crime. These days we no longer need all of that icky, complicated Constitution stuff!

[DuncanWaring]

the only thing they accomplished was to deny us a third term for President Reagan.

Also denied us a third term for Bill Clinton.

[JudgemAll]

Let us see how that goes with the EU or Russia. They have rejected Turkey and Obama is bowing to the Saudis. So, obviously, he is no messiah, he is just a village idiot from Kenya fooling Americans and at the boot of the fascist powers of the world, just like when in Kenya when his tribe got sold by muslims and was forced to conversion (for there is a difference between a dhimmit forced convert and a self convert in Islam, as some pigs are more equal there).

[fightinbluhen51]

That’s one that I’m willing to live with though, and I doubt Reagan would have run for a 3 term. Remember, FDR was the ONLY president to run for a 3rd term. Everyone else honored the aged tradition of Washington and retired.

[trumandogz]

Also denied us a third term for Bill Clinton.

No, first of all there would have been no President Clinton if RR had a third term.

And if Clinton had been elected, he would have actually been impeached on fears that he would win a third term in 2000.

[Tatze]

It was introduced by a Democrat even when Bush was in office. It’s been introduced by this same Democrat since 1997.

[OneWingedShark]

Um, NO! Not only NO, but HELL NO!

[vpintheak]

No way this will happen. But that it’s being tried is freaking scary, isn’t it?

[Straight Vermonter]

It was actually proposed even before Dumbo was inaugurated.

[neocon1984]

Ronnie was likely in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease by 1988. We would have gotten Bush The Elder as POTUS anyway, but with a lot of unnecessary commotion. (Assuming that Dukakis would have been as easily exposed as he was).

[b4its2late]

We need term limits across the board and these fools want to get rid of them. I know, voting them out is supposed to be the limit, but look at the incumbents getting in again, and it ain’t working.

[dajeeps]

“Don’t they have more important issues to address????”

How about repealing the 16th amendment? I’d be all for that.

[trumandogz]

Ronnie was likely in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease by 1988.

President Reagan was strong and sharp in 1988, stronger and sharper than anyone that we have had since then.

[WayneS]

At least I correctly concluded that the author of the legislation is in the crack-pot category. I REALLY didn’t expect it to turn out to be the very same crack-pot every single year, though!

;^)

[The Sons of Liberty]

The only way Obama or anyone will serve more than 8 years is when the Constitution is replaced.

The Constitution must be followed and enforced. The provision for the President to be "natural born" is still in place, but apparently is being ignored. The Tenth Amendment has not been observed since Lincoln. The provision that prevents a member of Congress from moving to the Cabinet didn't stop Hildabeast.

[WayneS]

So would I.

[Constitution Day]

Nice try. Not gonna happen, though.

[knarf]

There’s always a ‘damned if you do / damned if you don’t’ factor with anything political.

[pgyanke]

No! Repeal the 17th!!

[Verginius Rufus]

Obama doesn't need this...8 years for himself, then 8 for Michelle.

Maybe they can undo the 22nd by declaring some of the ratifications invalid. Surely some of the states which ratified the 22nd amendment were guilty of discrimination against African American voters, so their ratifications shouldn't count.

[The Good Doctor]

"The same bill has been introduced in every Congress for the past 20+ years. It has never made it out of committee. And even if it did, it has the hurdle of passing 3/4 of the states. In other words, ain’t happening, so stop worrying."

I wasn't aware of that. I still worry though. I wouldn't have thought it possible for congress to pass a pork-laden $700 billion dollar plan without reading it first.

[Terpfen]

But after he was elected. I expected this the day after he was elected, not two months later.

[Vaquero]

brilliant female pundits like Ann Coulter have trouble with the 19th amendment.

[Nateman]

Did you want Clinton for life?

[TFMcGuire]

The legislation is just an acorn now. But one day..........

Never mind about the state ratifications. Somehow, we believe, even this is possible\s.