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[reldnahkram]

Let us all give thanks for the 22nd amendment, ratified on this day 55 years ago.

Section 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 the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the 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.

Section 2

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

Comments

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

What is it now?

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

I think the first sentence of the amendment is self explanatory.

[think-too-much.livejournal.com]

Well, of course.

I was wondering what prompted this, though.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

The general principle of it.

[skolem-hull.livejournal.com]

Bah, elections are over-rated anyway. Who said we have to elect him again?

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

We, in fact, can't. Which is a damn good thing.

[skolem-hull.livejournal.com]

If we can't elect him again, we want no more elections!

[q10.livejournal.com]

thank you.

[uncleamos]

If not for the 22nd amendment, it would totally be The President's fourth term. It's a mixed blessing.

[baaaaaaaaaah.livejournal.com]

where in the ammendment or the original constitution does it say the prez after he finished his term can't go back being a senetor? I'm more greatful for *that* law. For you take presidents leaving office = leaving politics for granted but its not always the case in other countries where former PM's still fight for power and pull strings.

[uncleamos]

It doesn't. It's just not dignified to seek lower office.

[baaaaaaaaaah.livejournal.com]

humm.. but wouldnt ex prez have more power to pull strings?

[sildra.livejournal.com]

It's actually only happened once (that I know of, and he was a Congressman, not a Senator)--most presidents decide to retire. And he was the only other president whose father was also president, and is also distinguished from his father by his middle name...

[baaaaaaaaaah.livejournal.com]

John Quincy Adams??

[ccommack]

Andrew Johnson returned to his Senate seat after his Presidency. The same Senate which came within one vote of convicting him on articles of impeachment.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

There's also some debate as to whether the 22nd means that an ex-president can't run for vice president, because he wouldn't be eligible to serve as president should the need arise. since senators are technically in the line of succession, it might follow that ex-presidents are ineligible for that too.

[ccommack]

Senators are not in the line of succession, except the President pro tem. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Presidential_Line_of_Succession#Theories_regarding_exhaustion_of_the_list

[god-of-belac.livejournal.com]

Is this a reference to the SWILcrisis?

[sildra.livejournal.com]

What SWIL crisis are you refering to? I wasn't aware that there was a current one, nor can I think of something SWIL-related that this might pertain to.

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

No.