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To: stanne
It would be very difficult to get a super majority in Congress and three quarters of the States to ratify a new amendment cancelling the 22nd. And almost as, maybe more, difficult to pass and ratify one limiting congressional terms.

Term limits on Congress were attempted by some States for their own representatives. But they were shot down by the Supreme Court in the Thornton Decision (1995). A constitutional amendment (tough to achieve, and for good reason) would be required.

44 posted on 04/26/2025 8:04:08 AM PDT by katana
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To: katana

The big picture is congress limited the presidential term but not the congress
term limits which don’t exist.


47 posted on 04/26/2025 8:11:00 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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