>> Bill Clinton could run for President in 4 years. There is nothing
>>stopping him. He cannot have more than 2 consecutive terms.
>Au contraire mon ami, according to the Constitution:
>Amendment XXII (1951)
> I heard on the news this amendment was written by Republicans who were,
for lack of a better word, angry at FDR for serving 4 CONSECUTIVE TERMS, the
most by any President.
The unwritten rule was 2 terms since that is what George Washington served.
George could have gone for a third term. Who it was in 1951 decided to put
in the constitution what was general practice until a democrat came along -
sometimes you just can't get rid of them.
Kelvin
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