Amendment Twenty Two and It's Meaning

Amendment Twenty Two

"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 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."


Amendment 22 states and clarifies that the no person can be elected as President more than two terms (4 years each). I think that the 22nd amendment being created was/is a great idea because I don't think it would be good for the country to have the same president for more than 8 years as it isn't fair and it also would limit change occurring. Therefore, it would be bad for the country.

This picture is hilarious, and true in the context of three terms for president. I am not totally against a third term for Obama, but when I look to the future and if there was to be another president I do not like (*cough* Trump) then I would be all for the 22nd amendment. That's why I believe that two times is enough and then it is on to the next to make different changes throughout the world.

This video is a little biased as Miss GiGi does not agree with the abolishment of 22nd amendment. I would side with her on this one. I liked this video because I didn't know that anyone was trying to actually abolish it; along with Obama wanting to serve three terms.. They also go to say someone is trying to keep the 22nd along with adding a limit to terms served by the House and the Senate (which I would not really agree with because that seems like too much extra).