22nd Amendment (term limits)

Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951.

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.

Breakdown...

This amendment put simply is:

No one is eligible to be President more than twice. This includes anyone that was not elected but filled in for another person that was elected president for at least 2 years of the term. This is considered a full term and that person is ineligible to run for a third term. the amendment does not apply to whoever is in office whenever the 22nd amendment is ratified. This amendment, ratified in 1947, would have become invalid in 1957 if ¾ of the states did not approve it.

22nd Amendment:

• Stops candidates from being elected President after 2 terms.

Exceptions:

• A vice president who serves out less than two years of his predecessor's term is allowed another two terms of his own. (serving 10yrs vs. 8)

More Interesting info relating to this Amendment:

• The Constitution of 1787 set no term limits on the President of the United States. 
• George Washington, voluntarily retired from office after two terms because he did not want to be seen as a King. This established an informal two-term limit that lasted for nearly 150 years.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt got himself elected president four times in a row, serving from 1933 until he died in office in 1945. 

This is a funny image of a small child asking for a term limit on his father. I really don't think term limits would be a good thing in parent cases. A good parent looks out for the child's best interest without it being to the parent's benefit. I child may not appreciate it or enjoy eating his veggies but it is good for him. Whereas in a president's case he does not always look out for the citizens best interest because he cares for them, but because he want's something in return. Sometimes a president won't look out for a citizen's benefit at all.

This is a short video on how some people are looking to do away with the 22nd amendment. The thought behind this is to limit lame duck issues. I believe this would only cause more problems, any person who holds a presidency for 8 years or more would become politically corrupt. They would see themselves as above the people, instead of for the people. I do not say this out of disrespect, I say that a president would stand no chance but to become politically corrupt. He would not necessarily be aware of this change in character. The video below has also brought up some questions as to what the president may be deciding in regards to the 22nd amendment.