Posted by
Cande on Monday, February 23, 2009 7:22:11 PM
Hello again
So here's some more juicy news for you~!
A number of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have filed a bill that would repeal the Constitution's 22nd Amendment. Now, this Amendment was created n 1947 and ratified in 1951. What does this Amendment do? Well, this wonderful 22nd Amendment limits how many terms a president may serve. Two terms is the limit..which totals eight years.
A Congressman in New York believes that this needs to be appealed so Obama may serve as many terms as possible. His logic behind this is that if Bill Clinton could've served more than two terms, America would've had him. They would've loved to have have him as the president for multiple multiple terms.
Needless to say, legislation has been introduced and Obama could serve as long as he was able to. Now, this will most likely never happen simply because it would be too difficult to pass. In order to make this change 2/3 of the House and Senate have to pass it. Along with the 2/3 of the House and Senate, a majority (about 2/3) of the Sates would also have to pass it. Like I said, the possibilities of this passing are very slim, but still, it has been introduced to legislation and is still an issue that needs to be stopped and addressed.
Thank you.
'Look out for yourself by looking out for your country.'
Sincerely,
Cande
Appealing the 22nd Amendment