Posted on 02/28/2015 12:50:57 PM PST by Lazamataz
With the anniversary of the 22nd Amendment on Friday, Constitution Daily looks at two hot-button topics: Should a President be allowed to serve a third term? And should members of Congress and the Supreme Court have term limits like the President?
View photo .obamainaug1 The 22nd Amendment brought the idea of term limits into the Constitution. When it was ratified in 1951, the amendment limited a President from effectively serving a third term, by saying that a President who won two elections can’t run a third time. The 22nd Amendment also bars a President from serving more than 10 years in office, in a case of a President who assumed office as Vice President.
For example, Vice President Gerald Ford took over for President Richard Nixon in 1974 and served more than two years as president. If Ford had defeated Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election, Ford could not have run for re-election.
Long before the 22nd Amendment, George Washington had set an unofficial precedent in 1796 when he decided several months before the election not to seek a third term. But Alexander Hamilton and many Founders wanted a strong executive, and they opposed term limits as a concept. Thomas Jefferson and an equally influential group of Founders supported term limits for the President.
The only person to break from Washington’s precedent was President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a record-setting four election wins. Before Roosevelt ran for re-election in 1940, most Presidents didn’t try for a third term in office, let alone a third consecutive term.
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Fits a little better.
Should a second termer suddenly or unexpectedly declare a national crisis and cancel elections indefinitely, then technical that president would only be serving 2 terms even if they were to die of old age while in office.
From my old studies of the Roman Empire, Sulla did something like that.
El _residente for life.
Behind bars.
Hi guy.
On Jan. 20, 2017, at 1200 hrs, 0bama will leave the White House.
Either vertically or horizontally, his choice.
5.56mm
So, the Obamedia is finally running this (predictable) trial balloon.
Freepers have been saying it’s coming, and so it is.
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"Bomboy"?
Twelve years of Obama or Bill Clinton? Ick.
If I had a buck for every time I've seen someone post that on this forum, I could buy myself a brand new Harley.
“Obama will never leave office. “
Nah.
Even his side is sick of him.
Ronald Reagan himself wanted to repeal the 22nd Amendment.
I remember seeing him on TV speaking about repealing presidential term limits while he was president, saying, “Not for me, but for future presidents.”
Thank God President Reagan’s comments were ignored by the powers that be.
If he cancelled elections, he wouldn’t have to run for a third and then he would be complying with the 22nd amendment. I’m sure that holder and sycophants would concur with the logic.
He has granted amnesty to illegals, he can now censor the Internet, so why can’t he cancel elections?
Thought the number on the shirt would be 666.
The trial balloons will come fast and furious. Anyone who supports the Constitution and especially the 22nd will be branded a racist.
The Mocha Mussolini.
Who is going to say anything? The low info crowd will buy right into whatever persuasive argument they come up with then they will go back to the gold dress or blue dress debate.
You forgot the exclamation points. Hear, hear!
The Imam in the White House will just claim he is extending his executive power a few more years.
Two years for each is more than enough.
And I would favor term limits on the judiciary too. Why should we be stuck with senile judges potentially till they croak?
Do you honestly think it won’t happen?
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