Such as Bill Clinton!
2007-02-02 10:48:16 · 25 answers · asked by oaao723 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
No. But other answers here aren't quite right either. Even the previous answerer who quoted the Constitution missed this. You have to read it carefully. Actually, the maximum time one can serve as President is TEN years, not eight. Here is the wording of the beginning of the 22nd amendment:
"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 President more than once."
So a vice president could take office with two or less years remaining in his predecessor's term and still run for two full terms of his own.
2007-02-02 10:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by ktd_73 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Eight years is it.
Amendment XXII:
Section 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.
2007-02-02 10:52:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jess H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He can only be elected President two times.
Operative word: Elected.
He may be elected VP, and be appointed President as a recourse to the tragedy of losing the President. Unless I missed out on something, here. We may need to look at the stuff for the VP, too, to be sure. Although, to be honest, why not be elected a Senator? They get paid more, have 6 yr terms, and no term limits...
2007-02-02 11:13:14 · answer #3 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being elected for 2 terms is the maximum. Hillary Clinton has never run for president, so she is eligible. Bill Clinton can be "the first lady" if she is elected.
2007-02-02 10:52:42 · answer #4 · answered by pumma81 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the twenty-second amendment prohibits anyone from being elected to the office more than twice. If they serve two years or more of another's term, they may be elected only once. The only exception, under the amendment was Harry Truman, since he was in office when the amendment was proposed.
2007-02-02 11:29:53 · answer #5 · answered by Lynn W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. 2 terms is the limit. Can not return. Also can not serve as vice-president. (Thank God. Eight years of that adulterous perjurer in the White House was eight years too many)
2007-02-02 10:57:51 · answer #6 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No...he can't run as Vice President either, because he would be ineligible to take office should the President he ran with be shot or something.
2007-02-02 10:52:10 · answer #7 · answered by Spearfish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope - the limit is two terms. It doesn't matter when those terms occur. In some states, though, the rules for gubnatorial elections are as you describe.
2007-02-02 12:09:50 · answer #8 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I understand, no. And I don't believe Bill Clinton's running for president. His wife, of course, is.
2007-02-02 10:51:47 · answer #9 · answered by ldnester 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well not sure what you mean but once a president has had two terms(1term=4 years) they are unable to run for the rest of their lives
2007-02-02 10:52:54 · answer #10 · answered by Britanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋