Amend the Constitution to allow a person to be elected President up to three times?

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times (H.J.Res. 29)
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Bill Summary

This resolution would propose an amendment to the United States Constitution allowing a person to be elected President up to three times, instead of the current limit of two terms. The amendment would also prohibit a person from being elected to an additional term after already being elected to two consecutive terms. In addition, it would retain an existing rule that a person who has served as President for more than two years of a term originally won by another individual may be elected President no more than twice. To take effect, the proposed amendment would need to be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures within seven years of being submitted to the states. Sponsor: Rep. Andrew Ogles (Republican, Tennessee, District 5)
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Opponents say

•      "I wouldn’t have supported a third term for George Washington. That’s a no." Source: Sen. John Curtis (Republican, Utah)


•      "It would be completely unprecedented for a president to openly defy the dictates of the 22nd Amendment and, even more so, to attempt to run or serve again as president. The threats and insinuations no doubt thrill [Donald Trump’s] base, but there is no constitutional basis for the current president to try to serve as president after two elected terms." Source: Michael Gerhardt, a constitutional expert at the University of North Carolina.


•      "Trump may not want to rule out a third term but the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution does." David Schultz, professor at Hamline University

Proponents say

•      "President Trump’s decisive leadership stands in stark contrast to the chaos, suffering, and economic decline Americans have endured over the past four years. He has proven himself to be the only figure in modern history capable of reversing our nation’s decay and restoring America to greatness, and he must be given the time necessary to accomplish that goal. To that end, I am proposing an amendment to the Constitution to revise the limitations imposed by the 22nd Amendment on presidential terms. This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs." Source: Rep. Andrew Ogles (Republican, Tennessee, District 5), sponsor of H.J.Res.29.

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