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To: curth
the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which limits presidents to two consecutive terms or ten years in office.

There is nothing in the 22nd Amendment about whether the terms are consecutive or not.

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 then the author is a "professional journalist" while I'm just some guy on the internet, so what the heck do I know?

20 posted on 01/15/2009 11:18:05 AM PST by KarlInOhio (On 9/11 Israel mourned with us while the Palestinians danced in the streets. Who should we support?)
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To: KarlInOhio

You are correct, and you win the today’s Constitutional Knowledge award!

;^)


36 posted on 01/15/2009 11:30:16 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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To: KarlInOhio
But then the author is a "professional journalist" while I'm just some guy on the internet, so what the heck do I know?

The author can't spell and can't add. Somehow he added two four year terms and came up with ten years as the total.

...which limits presidents to two consecutive terms or ten years in office.

73 posted on 01/15/2009 5:10:34 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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