The 22nd ammendment was not added to the constitution as a temporary fix it was meant to prevent any one president from becoming too powerful.
TheThe 22nd ammendment was not added to the constitution as a temporary fix it was meant to prevent any one president from becoming too powerful.
The 22nd Amendment
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 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.
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.
Ratification was completed on February 27, 1951.
The american people see the 22nd amendment as the only protection they have from poor decision making at the polls during an election. It is our safety net in that if we make a bad decision it will be corrected after a maximum of 8 years. It also protects the american people from tyranny, and ensures change at the highest levels of our government.
