Will president bush be able to be president for the third time? is he allowed to be president for three times?

Question

how many times one man can be president according to the US law. Did bush change the law.

Answer 1

I'd have to move to Canada if that were to happen!

Answer 2

Two terms only, lifetime.

He could be President again by getting into the line of succession (like Speaker of the House) but he can't be elected there again.

It's a Constitutional Amendment that's required to change this, so neither Congress nor the President can do it alone. Further, there would not be enough time to accomplish this by 2008, so we know he won't be the very next President in any case.

To all the paranoids - this comes up during every second term. Yawn. Get a life - no President has grabbed the reins and refused to let go, and Bush won't be the first. You'll have to move on with your lives and find something else to ***** about. Sorry.

Answer 3

United States Constitution
Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits
1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

Notes for this amendment:
Proposed 3/21/1947
Ratified 2/27/1951

Answer 4

Bush didn't change the law. There's no way that would pass with him in office anyway. You're giving him far too much credit. A person can only be reelected once. Exceptions occur if the vice-president finishes out the term of a president (death, etc) and then runs for office himself.

Answer 5

Ok, Congress has 95% of all powers in the United States, there is no possible way for President Bush to change the law himself. Even if he sent it to Congress it would be rejected. So, no he cannot get a third term.

Answer 6

Presidents can only serve 2 terms. 1 term = 4 years

Answer 7

I believe he can become president again. I think you can only serve two straight terms. When another president is elected after bush and he serves his four year term, I think bush can run for president again. Im not sure but I think the law says only two straight terms, which to me means he can skip a four year term and then be reelected again.

Answer 8

Thank God no! Franklin D Roosevelt was the last to serve three terms before they changed the law to a maximum of two 4 year terms. We wont be seeing bush again uhless he frenches a cowboy on his ranch.

Answer 9

You can only stay president for 8 years. No he did not change the law.

Answer 10

I hope you're still in school.
Why would he of all presidents be able to change the law? It's two terms per guy (8 years total). Why would you ever think he would be around longer?

Answer 11

only congress can amend the constitution as to the limit of terms one man can serve as president, as they once did after FDR served 3 terms. the limit is set at 2 terms.