BillsNYC Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Can a president only have 2 terms in a lifetime? Or can he/she wait and run again after a certain ammount of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn1960 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Can a president only have 2 terms in a lifetime? Or can he/she wait and run again after a certain ammount of time? 102148[/snapback] you really need this answered? No. Constitution changed after Roosevelt... limit is two terms and no more than 10 year.... Example Ford could not have gone for 2 terms... even if he beat peanut boy the 1st time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Can a president only have 2 terms in a lifetime? Or can he/she wait and run again after a certain ammount of time? 102148[/snapback] No. The 22nd Amendment ratified by the States in 1951, motivated by FDR's 4 terms. Didn't you learn this in grade school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn1960 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 No. The 22nd Amendment ratified by the States in 1951, motivated by FDR's 4 terms. Didn't you learn this in grade school? 102170[/snapback] lighten up.... he is a product of a fine liberal education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 No. The 22nd Amendment ratified by the States in 1951, motivated by FDR's 4 terms. Didn't you learn this in grade school? 102170[/snapback] Tis what I thought...it was suggested to me by a liberal co-worker...just wanted to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 of course...if they can change the constitution to let Arnold run.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Now NYC's term limits are structured differntly. For instance in the next Mayoral election, Rudy can run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 lighten up.... he is a product of a fine liberal education. 102174[/snapback] Who are we, if we can't laugh at others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn1960 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 of course...if they can change the constitution to let Arnold run.... 102180[/snapback] Once again.... won't happen in Arnolds lifetime.... 2/3's of states would have to ratify... nope don't see it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 But could Clinton run for Vice President? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 But could Clinton run for Vice President? 102217[/snapback] He already was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn1960 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 But could Clinton run for Vice President? 102217[/snapback] is he the answer for the DEMS? Don't you have any candidates who can stand on their own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn1960 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 He already was. 102239[/snapback] You talking about George? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 He already was. 102239[/snapback] he could run for VP. however if whoever was elected prez died in office he could only serve 2 years and then have to resign for whoever his VP is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGTEleven Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 But could Clinton run for Vice President? 102217[/snapback] I read something once that seemed to suggest he could. IT had to do with the wording of the amendment and how it prohibited being elected president, not really holding the office. Do you think he'd only run as 2nd banana if the top of the ticket was a man named Vince? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBorn1960 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 http://www.termlimits.org/Current_Info/22n...dment-text.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Yes, I believe he could. But if the President were to die or become incapacitated, he would be immediately eliminated as President because of 22nd Amendment prohibitions. The Speaker of the House would become President according to the 25th amendment, in the absence of a qualifying VP (who is President pro tempore if both Prez and VP cannot serve) Realistically, if he ran as a running mate, the opposition would correctly savage the ticket on the grounds that the next in line elected person cannot constitutionally serve in case of a President's demise, and voters would agree. It would be an extremely stupid thing to do. No hereditary kings please, so to speak. The succession of power is interesting. After the Prez, VP, Speaker of the House are gone, it runs through the Cabinet. IIRC, it's the Secretary of State, Defense, Treasury and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 The list of succession in the cabinet is based on the date the Department they head was founded. At the State of the Union speech, at least one cabinet member stays away so that if something happens (like in Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor- a plane crashing into the Capitol) and everyone there is killed, they would be president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGTEleven Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 http://www.termlimits.org/Current_Info/22n...dment-text.html 102283[/snapback] If you read that link, it says no person shall be elected president more than twice. If Clinton were elected VP and then the prez died, he still would not have been elected more than twice. Clearly this situation is very unlikely, but I think you could easily make a case that running for VP is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 FOR GODS SAKE, READ THE CONSTITUTION! Amendment XII The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;--the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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