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__**// Amendment #[[image:American-Flag.jpg width="223" height="171" align="left" caption="Source: American-Flag.jpg (found in school file on editor page)"]] 22 By: Ariel, Andrew and Benny//**__

 * //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 the 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.

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. (Taken from the US Constitution)//**


 * //Essential Question: How did the issues which prompted the creation of your amendment compare with the issues are applied today?//**


 * //__ANSWERS:__//**

Answer: March 1st, 1951
 * // Question: When was the 22nd amendment ratified?[[image:http://www.mccordclan.com/George%20Washington%201782%20painting.jpg width="253" height="228" align="right" caption="google.com"]]

Question: Were there any exceptions to the 22nd amendment (meaning, did any Presidents go over the 2 terms)? Answer: FDR ran for 4 terms before the amendment was ratified. Question: Who thought of the 22nd amendment? Answer: George Washington thought of the amendment in a way because he turned down a third term for presidency.

Question: What was the reason the 22nd amendment was made? Answer: This amendment was made because of Washington's action of turning down a third term, and no one wanted a monarchy. Congress wanted Washington's actions to become law.

Question: Does the 22nd amendment apply to other govenrment positions besides the President? Answer: No, the 22nd amendment only applies to the President. //**

Answer: //** //**No President can go over 2 terms, but they can switch to Vice President.**// //** Question: Why did FDR run for 4 terms? Answer: Because FDR was supposed to be one of the best Presidents because he helped the country finish WWII and relieve the country of the Great Depression. He also came before the amendment. Question: Was the 22nd amendment, in a way, a solution to get away from monarchy? Answer: Yes, because the President would rule until they die and he would gain too much power.
 * // Question: //** **//Can a President go over two terms but not in a row?

Question: What state was the first to agree on the 22nd amendment, and on what date did that state agree? Answer: Maine agreed first on the 22nd amendment on March 31st, 1941.

Question: What state was the last to agree on the 22nd amendment, and on what date did that state agree? Answer: Alabama agreed last on the 22nd amendment on May 4,1951. **//
 * //__ CURRENT EVENTS; __//**

**//Source//**- articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/28/opinion/op-chait28 **//Summary://** With Hillary Clinton's campaign going south, people react to her campaign because of Bill Clinton. Howard Dean's campaign was running good in the large part by liberal disagreements by the people who didn't like were anti-Clinton. In a recent polls 3 out of 4 of every Republican still agree with what Bush did. Since Bush can't run again though, Republicans won't have to confront whether Bush should stay or go. John McCain was sending out mixed symbols by hugging Bush one day and severly condemning his start of the war. The Republicans enacted the 22nd amendment because of FDR's dictatorship tendencies. The 22nd amendment was also enacted because of people afraid that a President would become a dictator unless he suspends the 22nd amendment.
 * //Article//** **//Summary Written by//**- Andrew
 * //Article//**- The curse of the 22nd amendment
 * //Author//**-__ Johnathan Chait __

The 22nd amendment, ratified on March 1, 1951, limits a President to having only two terms in office. The 22nd amendment has kept the power of the people in good shape for a long time because the President does not have total power. To improve this great amendment, the government should add on that no one serves for more than 2 elected or appointed terms. Over time, it has benn proven that the longer you stay in a position, the more powerful you feel. If a President served more than two terms, they might end up thinking of how powerful they are. If this happened, the President may have forgotten that their duty to be truthful to America. Term limits should apply to everyone. Term limits would make our goverment more honest to the people of America.
 * //Article Summary Written by//**- Benny
 * //Article//**-"Term Limits"
 * //Author//**- Billie E. Jewett
 * //Source//**- http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2009/jan/09/term-limits/
 * //Summary://**

Since the presidency of George Washington, only one thing could be said to be totally consistent:that no President had the job for more than two full terms. Washington had been asked to run for a third term in 1796. But he made it quite clear that he had no intention of doing so. FDR was first elected President in 1932, and he re-elected in 1936. When it came time for the Democrats to nominate a candidate for the Presidency in 1940, two things had happend. First, the Republicans had made great gains in congress in the 1938 elections. A change away from Roosevelt, who had led the nation through the Great Depression, did not seem to be clever. When 1944 rolled around, changing leaders in the middle of World War II, which United States was fully engaged in, also seemed unwise, and FDR ran for and was elected to, a fourth term.
 * Article Summary Written by-** Ariel
 * Article-** Twenty Second Admendment
 * Author-** Presidential Tenure
 * Source-** http://www.unsconstitution.net/constamnotes.html
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