ok, so i've been wondering this for a while and im not sure why i dont know. if a president has served 2 terms, can he ever become president again? like say he was president for his full 8 years, then some other guy got elected, could the first guy ever run for president again like in the election after that?
2006-11-05 13:21:45 · 17 answers · asked by rdstace9 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Grover Cleveland already did that, except he served 1 term, then ben harrison got elected, after that cleveland got elected again.
Also, even though being in office for 3 terms isn't allowed, if the country is in a state of war and an overwhelming majority of the people want him to keep running the country, it has happened.(FDR)
2006-11-05 13:25:27 · answer #1 · answered by Meilleur_que_toi 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Good question. When we had our current "decider's" father he was the vice president so essentially her as vice president and then president. I would imagine that the constution would only allow for a person to be vice for 2 terms then president for 2 terms, so we could have the same administration. When the self proclamied "decider's" father became president he had been vice and then president so it was similiar to having the same person in office for multiple terms. Some people think that since our "decider" had made so many objections to the constution that he could declare maritial law since we are at war and take over as a dictator. That is the only way I know of that someone can become president for more than 2 terms. We will have to see what happens so people think that it could happen. This has happened in Germany where an elected president became a dictator. History is important to know because it can repeat itself. I never understood why we had to study it, but after I have been out of school for some time now I understand completely. American Government was a class I took seriously senior year. The rest of the class was goffing off. I got an award in that class for excellence. Every class every year had a person in every section get an excellence award and an acievement award. That was the only excellence award I ever got. The rest were achievement 2 of the other 4 years of high school. I am so glad I paid attention. I love the Constution and the way or founding fathers planned out our Country.
There are people who do not feel they are in different pollitical parties than the standard 2. One woman told me she was a rabid constutionalist. I understand it now.
Listen to Avis. I think you have your answer there.
2006-11-05 21:43:34 · answer #2 · answered by adobeprincess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually no one who has posted so far is exactly correct. The actually rule is a president may not serve more than 10 years.
This means if a president leaves office with less that 2 years left in his term, the vice president may serve the remainder of the presidents term and then run for 2 terms of his own.
2006-11-05 21:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by arvis3 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope-- the constitution was amened to limit the term of president to 2 terms. Besides, the job of president is so stressful these days, I can't imagine anybody would really want to serve more than two. Just look at Clinton and Bush -- both clearly aged considerably while in office.
2006-11-05 21:25:36 · answer #4 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No. Once a president has served two full terms they are ineligible to serve again. It's two terms life time.
2006-11-05 21:24:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, the 22nd amendment states that a president can only serve two terms. It doesnt matter whether it is consecutive or not.
The 22nd amendment was passed because of FDR.
2006-11-05 21:24:56 · answer #6 · answered by asmith1022_2006 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No,the 22nd Amendment caps it at two terms total
2006-11-05 21:24:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Yes, after 4 years
2006-11-05 21:23:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
No, there is a two term limit, this is a life time limit.
2006-11-05 21:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
No. But Bush has talked about being a dictator.
2006-11-05 21:29:14 · answer #10 · answered by flip4449 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋