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To: Fawn

Fawn,

According to the 22nd Amendment, sec 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 President more than once. 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.

https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xxii

Interesting that if a president passes, is removed, or resigns, and he has held the office for more than 2 years, the replacing person to be installed president can be elected two more times. But if the gaining person was installed for more than two years he can only run once.

FDR really changed the game, didn’t he?

rwood


20 posted on 01/17/2020 5:06:00 PM PST by Redwood71
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To: Redwood71
Interesting that if a president passes, is removed, or resigns, and he has held the office for more than 2 years, the replacing person to be installed president can be elected two more times.

So if President Trump were to resign the office on January 21, 2023, his vice president (Sarah Huckabee Sanders?) could serve a day short of 10 years and still be in compliance with the 22nd Amendment. Cool!

23 posted on 01/17/2020 5:15:04 PM PST by Ratman0823 ("Worry less about who you might offend and care more about who you might inspire" - Mike Baxter)
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