Is it true that has long as the war in Iraq is going on President Bush will stay in office?

Question

Please let me know, someone told me this and Ijust want to know it they are right. I was my understanding that a president could only serve two terms (8 years total).

Answer 1

No, he cannot stay in office past 8 years. There is some exception if the person finishes out the term of office for another person, but only if the remaining term is less than 2 years. That same wording means that someone that finishes out another's term can only be elected one time, thus making his total term less than 8 years.

There is no provision for a sitting president to remain in office because the country is at war. If that were the case, then a president could stay in office forever by simply causing us to be at war.

The 22nd Amendment covers this topic.


Will D
Enterprise AL

Answer 2

I heard that if there were another terrorist attack in the U S, the President could declare martial law and remain in office. I can't find any info on this other than what I heard on the radio.

Oh, I used the wrong keywords. Found this info:
"The President need not wait for some emergency to occur, however. He can declare a National Emergency at any time, and freeze everything. Congress, and the States, are powerless to prevent such an Executive Dictatorship, as long as the President advises Congress in a timely matter."

Answer 3

Yeah, a president's term is only 8 years. What the person might have been implying is that the next president may choose to end the war in Iraq.

Answer 4

i do not agree. Edit to operate: I did locate this on the internet (perchance it truly is the position that concept got here from, yet i do not imagine this may ensue back): the pick for secure administration in the time of international warfare II (1939-1945) made it plausible for Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt to break the custom by technique of triumphing 4 successive elections between 1932 and 1944. In a reaction adverse to Franklin Roosevelt’s prolonged presidency, in 1951 Congress and state legislatures approved the twenty 2d modification to the structure, which limits a president to 2 elected words. The modification also prohibits someone from operating for election a 2d time if he or she has already served better than 2 years of a time period to which somebody else were elected.

Answer 5

There was a rare mention of an extention of his term, "under the conditions and circumstances of war," but as long as things stay the way they are I think his term will end when it's supposed to. If, say, Al Qaeda does something stupid like attack America around elections time or whatever, that would possibly hinder them enough for Bush to continue on in his tenure. Yikes! I mean, the elections, anywhere, have to be safe enough to proceed. If not, then by default, of course, the present ruler stays.

Answer 6

Two terms and that is it whether the war ends or not. The headache belongs to the next President.

Answer 7

Your friend is wrong. He can only serve 2 terms and they will be up in 2008. He can't run for president again.

Answer 8

Yeah, sure...as long as it's two years because he can't stay in office past 2008--his term will be up then. You're right and the person who told you that is uniformed. (I was going to say "idiot," but I refrained.)

Answer 9

President Bush will probably leave office before he wants too,,,, the War in Iraq is his war,,, it ends before or as he does,,,,,,,,

Answer 10

of course not! US law prohibits any US president from servring longer than 2 terms.