I know that today, you can only be president for 8 years or two terms but I was just reading something in my history textbook that says FDR was president for 12 years. Did you used to be able to be president for longer? When did they make the switch and why??
2007-02-13 09:49:23 · 6 answers · asked by Jane A 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
simple he got elected for 4 terms. he died early on in the fourht. war times. we change the law as we we never wanted lifelong rule like royalty and dictatorship. never to have absolute control on the nation. like bush is now.
2007-02-13 09:53:39 · answer #1 · answered by CCC 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution sets presidential term limitations. F.D. Roosevelt was president prior to its enactment.
2007-02-13 17:55:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
term limits on the presidency was not passed by congress until after FDR died.
2007-02-13 17:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jack Chedeville 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea it used to be you could just keep on running. i dont know all of the details, but i know it had something to do with people being afraid that in a situaion like where someone keeps on getting reelected that it coud kinda turn into some sort of dictatorship, with one person have reign for so many years.
2007-02-13 17:58:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, there were no term limits prior to FDR. term limits were imposed, i believe, in the late 1940s.
2007-02-13 18:09:01 · answer #5 · answered by patriot07 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there was no limit. However because of F.D.R.s run.
Term limits were set up.
2007-02-13 17:54:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋