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.
Essential question: How did the issues which prompted the creation of the amendment, compare with the issues that are applied today? Essential Answer: The issues which prompted the creation of the amendment compare with the issues that are applied today are when the party wants their cantidate to be in office for more than 2 terms.For example, the republicans wanted to repeal the 22nd amendment so that George W. Bush can be president over and over again.
Q: When was this amendmentratified?
A: This amendment was ratified on February 27, 1951.
Q: How did they come up with the second amendment?
A: Geaorge Washington said no to the option to be in office for a third termbecause he didnt want to become too powerful. The Congress wanted to ensure Washington's two-term limit to become a law.
Q: Has any president been in office for more than two-terms?
A:Yes. Franklin D. Roosevelt was in office for 2 full terms and most of a 3 term before he died. [In office during 1933-1945.]
Q: Which president that was in office, was first affected by this amendment?
A: Harry S. Truman, because President Roosevelt died and Vice President Truman had to take over. When Truman won the second term in 1948, the 22nd amendment was ratified in 1951. Truman could have run for a third term, but bowed out early before campaigning began. Q: Are their any arguments on allowing presidents to serve more than two-terms? A: Yes. One of them was the Republicans arguing about wanting to repeal the 22nd amendment so that George W. Bush would become president again again and again. Also, one of those arguments are in motion right now. Mayor Bloomberg wants to be in office for a third term.
Q: Why do we have two-terms? Why not three or four?
A: Congress does not want the president to have too much power, like a king.
Q: Why is there a seven year run time limit set for ratification?
A: There are two steps in allowing amendments to pass. First, the amendment must be passed. Second, 3/4 of the people in the room must choose weather this is a good amendment. Q: Does this amendment count if the president was not elected two-terms in a row? A: Yes, because in this amendment you are allowed to serve two full terms, not three nor four.
Q:When was the 22nd amendment passed by Congress? A:March 21, 1947
Q: Who was the president when the 22nd amendment was passed by congress?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Christine Cabreja Term Limits Get Reprise, This Time in Court
By: Fernanda Santos
Dated on: Jan. 6, 2009 **Term limits get reprise, this time in court** This article is about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wanting to be in office for a third term. The court has to get involved because it goes against the 22nd amendment. For instance, 2 months before this article was written, Mayor Bloomberg signed the law allowing him and most other elected city officials to seek third terms. Judge Sifton, who denied a city request to have the case moved to Manhattan and combined with another lawsuit against the 22nd amendment. In result, 25 elected officials, aspiring politicians and other people filled the lawsuit on November 10. To sum up, the council passed the bill on October 23 in 29-to-22 vote and Mayor Bloomberg signed it into law 11 days later.
Laura Villalba US Constitution (22nd amendment) Dated on:22nd amendmentThis article states that no president of the United States shall be aloud to serveno more then 2 full terms. This amendment was ratified on February, twenty seventh 1951. This pattern started after President George Washington refused to serve a third term. Congress then decided to make this law so then this way it will be ensured that no president will have to much power. Also the first president ot be affected by this amendment was F.D.R because while he was serving in office he had a stroke and died. With that in hand F.D.R 's Vice president took over for Franklin. Lastly, if a Vice President were to take place of a former presidents place the vice president is only aloud to serve the rest of that presidents term and one more full term.
Maya Jaidi
No More Second Term_Blues
By: James MacGregor
Date: January 5, 2006
This article is about how people are arguing about presidents gettin a secon term as presidents. People are saying that no president should be allowed to have a second term in the office and that this amendmet should not be allowed anymore. In the year of 1947, after a sporadic public debate, Republicans demanded presidential term limits and changed the Constitution. The people said that this amendment would be effecting everyone in the United States of America.
Laura, MAYA, Christine
22 Amendment
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.
Essential question: How did the issues which prompted the creation of the amendment, compare with the issues that are applied today? Essential Answer: The issues which prompted the creation of the amendment compare with the issues that are applied today are when the party wants their cantidate to be in office for more than 2 terms.For example, the republicans wanted to repeal the 22nd amendment so that George W. Bush can be president over and over again.
Q: When was this amendment ratified?
A: This amendment was ratified on February 27, 1951.Q: How did they come up with the second amendment?
A: Geaorge Washington said no to the option to be in office for a third termbecause he didnt want to become too powerful. The Congress wanted to ensure Washington's two-term limit to become a law.Q: Has any president been in office for more than two-terms?
A:Yes. Franklin D. Roosevelt was in office for 2 full terms and most of a 3 term before he died.[In office during 1933-1945.]
Q: Which president that was in office, was first affected by this amendment?
A: Harry S. Truman, because President Roosevelt died and Vice President Truman had to take over. When Truman won the second term in 1948, the 22nd amendment was ratified in 1951. Truman could have run for a third term, but bowed out early before campaigning began.
Q: Are their any arguments on allowing presidents to serve more than two-terms?
A: Yes. One of them was the Republicans arguing about wanting to repeal the 22nd amendment so that George W. Bush would become president again again and again. Also, one of those arguments are in motion right now. Mayor Bloomberg wants to be in office for a third term.
Q: Why do we have two-terms? Why not three or four?
A: Congress does not want the president to have too much power, like a king.
Q: Why is there a seven year run time limit set for ratification?
A: There are two steps in allowing amendments to pass. First, the amendment must be passed. Second, 3/4 of the people in the room must choose weather this is a good amendment.
Q: Does this amendment count if the president was not elected two-terms in a row?
A: Yes, because in this amendment you are allowed to serve two full terms, not three nor four.
Q:When was the 22nd amendment passed by Congress?
A: March 21, 1947
Q: Who was the president when the 22nd amendment was passed by congress?
A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Christine Cabreja
Term Limits Get Reprise, This Time in Court
By: Fernanda Santos
Dated on: Jan. 6, 2009
**Term limits get reprise, this time in court**
This article is about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wanting to be in office for a third term. The court has to get involved because it goes against the 22nd amendment. For instance, 2 months before this article was written, Mayor Bloomberg signed the law allowing him and most other elected city officials to seek third terms. Judge Sifton, who denied a city request to have the case moved to Manhattan and combined with another lawsuit against the 22nd amendment. In result, 25 elected officials, aspiring politicians and other people filled the lawsuit on November 10. To sum up, the council passed the bill on October 23 in 29-to-22 vote and Mayor Bloomberg signed it into law 11 days later.
Laura Villalba
US Constitution (22nd amendment)
Dated on:22nd amendmentThis article states that no president of the United States shall be aloud to serveno more then 2 full terms. This amendment was ratified on February, twenty seventh 1951. This pattern started after President George Washington refused to serve a third term. Congress then decided to make this law so then this way it will be ensured that no president will have to much power. Also the first president ot be affected by this amendment was F.D.R because while he was serving in office he had a stroke and died. With that in hand F.D.R 's Vice president took over for Franklin. Lastly, if a Vice President were to take place of a former presidents place the vice president is only aloud to serve the rest of that presidents term and one more full term.
Maya Jaidi
No More Second Term_Blues
By: James MacGregor
Date: January 5, 2006
This article is about how people are arguing about presidents gettin a secon term as presidents. People are saying that no president should be allowed to have a second term in the office and that this amendmet should not be allowed anymore. In the year of 1947, after a sporadic public debate, Republicans demanded presidential term limits and changed the Constitution. The people said that this amendment would be effecting everyone in the United States of America.