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The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for election to the office of President of the United States. Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947. It was ratified by the requisite number of states on February 27, 1951.
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RossThe 22nd Amendment was ratified and added to the US Constitution on March 21st, 1947. The 22nd Amendment deals with the number of terms the President can have which is two.
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What did the 22nd amendment do?
Limit on presidential terms......
What amendment say that a president can only be elected two terms?
The 22nd amendment says that no one can be elected President more than twice, and anyone who has served more than 2 years of someone else's term as President can only be elected to one full term.
When were term limits imposed on the presidency?
22nd amendment to the constitution ratified on 2-27-1951
What problems did the 22nd amendment solve?
It strictly limited the length of time a person could serve as President. This was intended to counter the problem of the "imperial" presidency, where an extended period of time in office tended to heavily favor the incumbent, as they were able to leverage the very office they occupied to continually be re-elected.
What amendment to the US Constitution limits the number of terms a US President can serve?
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in 1947, limitsa president to two elected terms. The amendment also prohibits a person from running for reelection more than once if he or she has already served more than two years of a term to which someone else had been elected. The Constitution of the United States specifies a four-year presidential term. It originally says nothing about how many terms a president could serve.The 22nd Amendment
