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Bookmark or Share- Twenty-second Amendment | US Presidential Term LimitsTwenty-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.
- Term limits in the United States - WikipediaAt the federal level, the president of the United States can serve a maximum of two four-year terms, limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Some state government offices are also term-limited, including executive, legislative, and judicial offices.
- Explainer: The 22nd amendment and how it came about : NPRHow the 22nd amendment came about. The framers of the Constitution hotly debated how — or whether — to set term limits on a president. Most framers actually didn't want them, in part, because...
- Term limits in the United States - BallotpediaIn May 1995, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, that states cannot impose term limits upon their U.S. Representatives or U.S. Senators. Term limits at the federal level are restricted to the executive branch and some agencies.
- Why term limits for Congress face a challenging constitutional pathIn U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, a divided Supreme Court ruled that states could not add qualifications for office for members of Congress in addition to those explicitly stated in the Constitution.
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