To abolish the 22nd Amendment or not......

The 16th passed with the states approval. I wonder how that worked?

 

Don't forget... if the amendment were to be changed, he would be in line behind Clinton for that Third term...


Those Democratic women love them some Clinton....

 

Talk yes, but was there someone in Congress who actually put it on paper?

 

Yes, at least 23 times.

 

I don't think the amendment could keep Clinton from running now, could it?

 

I think he was doing a republican "Loving some Bush" joke...

...or I hope he was.

 

IIRC, it sets the limit at two terms. It does not address consecutive.

 

I mean Bill

 

Thanks. I thought you could do it again if you took a break.

I know.

 

"No person shall be elected more than twice..."

So Clinton, W, and Obama can't run for President any more.

The question is what if one of them wanted to be Vice President?

 

And then the Prez dies mysteriously. . .



Just kidding Nutters!!!!

 

Logically, one would have to say no due to the potential of becoming president. However, logic is often missing in the political arena.

 

Accurized®

 

The answer is actually, probably not. But it hasn't been tested.

 

Based on a bad recollection of a very distant Political Science class, the Supreme Court would have to say for sure, because the Constitution doesn't. But since it's never been tried, they haven't. The Constitution just says they can't run for President, it doesn't say they can't be President again. Since clearly there's an intent attached to the "can't run" part that carries to "can't be" there's an understanding that they meant "can't be", but they didn't say that, so...Court.

But this was also the Political Science class taught by a professor who literally wrote a book proving that there was no measurable bias of any sort in the news media, so clearly he must have been a kook.

Of course, this was before Fox News was a thing, too. I would imagine no one could conclude that Freak Show lacks bias.

 

Actually, it says that they can't be elected more than twice. It's obvious from even the most recent history that they can run lots and lots of times.

 

Fair enough.

 

If the constitutional amendment is followed literally, that means Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford could potentially have served three mandates. I think something like that trigger an interesting and animated debate at the Supreme Court.