Twenty-Second Amendment - Revision history

Quidam65 at 21:08, July 21, 2024

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Panda95 at 14:24, May 18, 2008

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EdBot: Category:United States Constitution

2008-04-16T19:04:56Z

Category:United States Constitution

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2008-04-07T10:32:49Z

Category:United States Law

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2008-02-23T15:47:43Z

DanH: links.

2008-02-15T08:26:09Z

links.

CPWebmaster at 22:26, September 17, 2007

2007-09-17T22:26:12Z

U2: correct linkage

2007-08-01T17:21:44Z

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Stryker at 17:09, August 1, 2007

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	This amendment applies term limits of two full terms to the office of [[President of the United States of America\|President]]. Prior to the amendment, it had been traditional for Presidents to not run for a third term, a precedent set forth by [[George Washington]]; the tradition was broken when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was elected to four consecutive terms between 1933 and 1945. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951.		This amendment applies term limits of two full terms to the office of [[President of the United States of America\|President]]. Prior to the amendment, it had been traditional for Presidents to not run for a third term, a precedent set forth by [[George Washington]]; the tradition was broken when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was elected to four consecutive terms between 1933 and 1945. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951.
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		+	Although President [[Harry Truman]] could have continued to stand for election as often as desired (under the specific exemption for the sitting President), he chose not to do so after his first full term in office (due in part to declining popularity).

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-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 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 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 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.
+'''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.
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 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 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.
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 This amendment applies term limits of two full terms to the office of [[President of the United States of America|President]]. Prior to the amendment, it had been traditional for Presidents to not run for a third term, a precedent set forth by [[George Washington]]; the tradition was broken when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was elected to four consecutive terms between 1933 and 1945. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951.
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		+	Amendments -- [[First Amendment\|1]]-[[Second Amendment\|2]]-[[Third Amendment\|3]]-[[Fourth Amendment\|4]]-[[Fifth Amendment\|5]]-[[Sixth Amendment\|6]]-[[Seventh Amendment\|7]]-[[Eighth Amendment\|8]]-[[Ninth Amendment\|9]]-[[Tenth Amendment\|10]]-[[Eleventh Amendment\|11]]-[[Twelfth Amendment\|12]]-[[Thirteenth Amendment\|13]]-[[Fourteenth Amendment\|14]]-[[Fifteenth Amendment\|15]]-[[Sixteenth Amendment\|16]]-[[Seventeenth Amendment\|17]]-[[Eighteenth Amendment\|18]]-[[Nineteenth Amendment\|19]]-[[Twentieth Amendment\|20]]-[[Twenty-First Amendment\|21]]-[[Twenty-Second Amendment\|22]]-[[Twenty-Third Amendment\|23]]-[[Twenty-Fourth Amendment\|24]]-[[Twenty-Fifth Amendment\|25]]-[[Twenty-Sixth Amendment\|26]]-[[Twenty-Seventh Amendment\|27]]
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	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 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 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 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.

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-This amendment applies term limits of two full terms to the office of [[President]]. Prior to the amendment, it had been traditional for Presidents to not run for a third term, a precedent set forth by George Washington; the tradition was broken when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms between 1933 and 1945. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951.
+This amendment applies term limits of two full terms to the office of [[President of the United States of America|President]]. Prior to the amendment, it had been traditional for Presidents to not run for a third term, a precedent set forth by George Washington; the tradition was broken when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to four consecutive terms between 1933 and 1945. The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states in 1951.
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