The twenty-second amendment states...
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.
What it means to me...
Basically, this amendment set Presidential term limits at two terms.
The following is a video about the 22nd amendment...
This video explains this amendment in detail, as well as gives examples of Presidents who served terms in this way.
The following is another video...
This video explains how Obama has plans to be in office for 8 to 10 years and how he wants to repeal this amendment.
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