Thread: The 22nd Amendment

I read about this last year when it came out. I need to check and see if it has gone anywhere. The point is that someone actually tried this. This, if it ever did pass, would set Bush up as a dictator!




http://www.termlimits.org/Current_Info/ ... -text.html
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 41 States That Ratified the 22nd Amendment
List of states that ratified the 22nd Amendment, guaranteeing term limits for the president.
Posted February 26, 2001

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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.J.RES.24:

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. (Introduced in House)

HJ 24 IH


109th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. J. RES. 24


Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES



February 17, 2005
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SABO, and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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JOINT RESOLUTION


Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.


Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:



`Article --
`The twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is repealed.'.



H.J.RES.24
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.
Sponsor: Rep Hoyer, Steny H. [MD-5] (introduced 2/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 4/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

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SUMMARY AS OF:
2/17/2005--Introduced.

Constitutional Amendment - Repeals the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution (authorizing limitation of presidential terms).

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MAJOR ACTIONS:


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ALL ACTIONS: 2/17/2005:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
4/4/2005:
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
2/18/2005:
Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E302-303)

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TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)


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COSPONSORS(4), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 2/17/2005 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 2/17/2005
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav [MN-5] - 2/17/2005 Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] - 2/17/2005

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COMMITTEE(S):


Committee/Subcommittee: Activity: House Judiciary Referral, In Committee Subcommittee on Constitution Referral

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28. H.J.RES.24 : Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.
Sponsor: Rep Hoyer, Steny H. [MD-5] (introduced 2/17/2005) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Scary stuff.