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.
In layman’s terms, this is the amendment that limits a president to two 4-year terms maximum.
Amendments to our Constitution must pass a strict litmus test to be added or repealed. The Constitution is clear about this as well in Article 5:
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
Basically, 2/3 of both houses of Congress, the House and Senate, must pass the recommended amendment. Or, if 2/3 of the states demand it Congress can call for a constitutional convention. In any case, 3/4 of the states must ratify any amendments before they are added to the Constitution.
New York Democratic Congressman Jose Serrano is once again introducing a bill to repeal the 22nd Amendment. This would allow President Obama to seek a third, fourth, fifth, or 20th term if no other term limits are added to any repeal. In effect, we would become Venezuela, Cuba, Iran or any other form of democratic socialist state.
Serrano presented his bill, House Joint Resolution 15, last Friday, January 4. It isn’t the first him he or other Democrats have sought to repeal term limits for their socialist godfathers. Barney Frank has sponsored similar legislation in the past as well, along with Senator Harry Reid.
With Republicans still in charge of the House and more Republican governors in office than ever before, the bill stands zero chance of seeing the light of day as the law of the land. However, it’s important to highlight these attempts to destroy the current system and usher in a progressive golden age of socialism and/or Marxism.
HJ 15 IH
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 15
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 4, 2013
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
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:
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‘The twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.’.