Is there anything in the books that can allow the president to remain in office after serving his/her two elected terms? If so, what is it and what circumstances would have to be in place to make it so?
2006-10-21 08:38:43 · 13 answers · asked by po8t1 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
To be more exact with my question, at the end of an elected 2nd presidental term before the next person can go into office could there be any chain of events the would allow the current president to remain in office?
2006-10-21 08:45:33 · update #1
Dubya is working on that as we speak. He has 2 years to get that done. If the Democrats regain control of Congress, there is probably the only chance we as a nation have to keep him from an executive order to allow this.
2006-10-21 10:30:06 · answer #1 · answered by Schona 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Constitution states that no president shall serve more than 10 years in office - and they mean total, not consecutive. A presidential term is 4 years, so a two term president can *theoretically* still use those two extra years in office. However, because we cannot elect officials for 1/2 terms, those extra years get lost. A Vice President that is finishing off his president's term (ie VP Lyndon B. Johnson for JFK in 1963) can run for two terms on his own ticket as long as the term that he is finishing off is less that two years. LBJ would have done that if not for the Vietnam War - JFK's term ended in 1964, LBJ ran and won for only one term in 1964. If LBJ had ran in 1968 against Richard Nixon, he would have served approximately 9 1/2 years (Nov. 1963 - Jan. 1969).
2006-10-21 08:48:17 · answer #2 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok, unless the laws are changed, and something of this magnitude must be put to general election, the president cannot run for more than two CONSECUTIVE terms. He could come back after a term, but is limited to a total of 10 years as president. Only a Congressional Act, such as war or other crisis, can those elections be suspended here in the US.
2015-12-26 08:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by Arkangel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amendment XX, Section 1, states that the term of a president ends at noon January 20 (following election and action of the electoral college) at which time the term of the successor begins.
2006-10-21 11:04:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They would have to change the laws which they are doing every day! They also want foreign-born citizens to be eligible to run for president. What happened to the constitution? All of our laws? They'll be at my door any time now because they are monitoring everything I say on-line. If you don't hear from me again, I'm probably an enemy combatant so I have no communication, nor respresentation. Is this what our fore-fatheres wanted? Anyone familiar with Nazi Germany?
2006-10-21 08:51:05 · answer #5 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NOOO president since they changed the election laws,after frankin d roosevelt can be elected tomore than 8 years total in office.. unless they decide to change the law...or a president decides to become a dictator, this law seems real bad since once a president is elected for his second term he can do whatever he wants to ruin our country,steal our rights and dollars, and what can we do? He doesnt have to worry about being re-elected!
2006-10-21 08:44:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. the constitution only allows a person to be president for a max of two terms of 4 years each
2006-10-21 08:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Junior 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Under the presidential Powers act they can do just about anything they want if there is a war going on.
Go big Red Go
2006-10-21 09:07:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is not at least not yet but wait Bush just may change that because he thinks he is the great es president we ever had (not) and he thinks he can do what ever he feels like and get away with it.
2006-10-21 08:45:26 · answer #9 · answered by sandyjean 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe that you have to wait at least one term, and that is mandatory. Not entirely sure on the other elements of your question though.
2006-10-21 08:41:45 · answer #10 · answered by Porterhouse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋