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Bookmark or Share- Twenty-second Amendment | US Presidential Term Limits | BritannicaTwenty-second Amendment, amendment (1951) to the Constitution of the United States effectively limiting to two the number of terms a president of the United States may serve. It was one of 273 recommendations to the U.S. Congress by the Hoover Commission, created by Pres. Harry S. Truman, to reorganize and reform the federal government.
- Explainer: The 22nd amendment and how it came about : NPRAfter lengthy negotiations — notably about whether the limit should be two four-year terms or one six-year term — the 22nd Amendment eventually passed Congress in 1947.
- Congressional Term Limits – Top 3 Pros and Cons - ProCon.orgMany term-limit proposals would limit both houses to 12 years of service, something already accomplished by our electoral system. [ 28 ] Only 23% of the current House of Representatives and 43% of the Senate have more than 12 years of service.
- Why term limits for Congress face a challenging constitutional pathDuring the 1990s a key Supreme Court decision shut down one proposed path to term limits on Congress: action taken by the states to place their own qualifications on their members of the Senate and House.
- Should Congress have term limits? Researchers broadly say no - NPRCongressional term limits are really popular with voters. With experts, not so much. Frustration with America's political system has led to some renewed interest in setting term limits for...
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