Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution

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The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.

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Generate an image of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution (The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
affectsOffice tenure of the President of the United States ⓘ
alsoLimits service of a vice president who succeeds to the presidency ⓘ
appliesToElections general elections for President of the United States ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
appliesToOfficeHolders natural-born citizens who are eligible to be President of the United States ⓘ
classification United States presidential succession and tenure law ⓘ
codifiesPractice two-term tradition established by George Washington ⓘ
constitutionalArticleAffected Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalDomain federal executive power ⓘ
constitutionalNumber 22 ⓘ
containsExemption sitting president at time of proposal exempt from its limitations ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
doesNotApplyRetroactivelyTo president holding office when the amendment was proposed ⓘ
doesNotLimit non-consecutive terms beyond the two-election maximum ⓘ
service as vice president ⓘ
enforcedBy United States federal government ⓘ
state election officials ⓘ
governs eligibility for election to the presidency ⓘ
hasLegalEffectSince 1951 ⓘ
hasSectionCount 2 ⓘ
hasTopic checks and balances in the United States government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
historicalContext adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times ⓘ
inspiredByEvent four presidential election victories of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
isWrittenIn United States constitutional law ⓘ
languageType English ⓘ
legalForm binding constitutional rule ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legalSubject executive branch of the United States ⓘ
limitsOffice President of the United States ⓘ
locationInDocument following Article V and preceding subsequent amendments ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
primaryEffect limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice ⓘ
proposedBy United States Congress ⓘ
proposedByBody United States Congress ⓘ
proposedDate 1947-03-21 ⓘ
ratifiedBy three-fourths of the state legislatures ⓘ
ratifiedOn 1951-02-27 ⓘ
setsMaximumNumberOfElectionsToOffice 2 ⓘ
setsMaximumNumberOfTermsInOffice 2 ⓘ
shortName 22nd Amendment ⓘ
Twenty-second Amendment ⓘ
subject President of the United States ⓘ
presidential term limits ⓘ
successorServiceRule person who serves more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected president only once ⓘ
typeOfLimitation term limit ⓘ

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