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The amendment was a response to the four-term presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which amplified longstanding debates over term limits.. The Twenty-second Amendment was a reaction to Franklin D. Roosevelt's election to an unprecedented four terms as president, but presidential term limits had long been debated in American politics.
No person can be elected as president of the United States more than twice, and a person who has served as president for more than two years of a term to which another person was elected president (i.e. due to the elected president's death, resignation, or removal by impeachment) cannot be elected president more than once in that person's own ...
The reason for this is that the 22nd Amendment only prohibits someone from being “elected” more than twice. It says nothing about someone becoming president in some other way than being ...
On November 16, 2010, Texas state representative Leo Berman introduced legislation requiring any candidate for president or vice president running in Texas to submit to the Texas Secretary of State an "original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States citizen." In introducing the bill, Berman said that the ...
The 22nd Amendment (1951) states that a person can only be elected President twice. Assuming you meet these requirements, like millions of Americans, the road to the presidency can be quite varied.
According to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, no president can serve three full terms. A person can only be elected president twice and cannot serve more than 10 years total, meaning a vice ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Clause of the US Constitution specifying natural born US citizenship to run for President Status as a natural-born citizen of the United States is one of the eligibility requirements established in the United States Constitution for holding the office of president or vice president. This ...
If no candidate reaches 270 electoral votes, the House chooses the president and the Senate chooses the vice president, in a process spelled out in the Constitution.