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."
Section 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."
Section 1.
No one is eligible to be president more than twice (four terms), and anyone who was not elected but filled in for the President for at least two years is not eligible to be elected more than once. However this amendment does not apply to anyone who is in office when the 22nd amendment is ratified.
Section 2.
This amendment will be ineffective within seven years if 3/4 of states do not approve it.
A lot of people believe that "no man is good three times" in office, and others are strong supporters of repealing the Presidential term limit. I think it completely depends on the person in office. Once in a blue moon, a President comes along that I wish
we could keep for an extra term or two.(Obama):-)
Not-so-fun fact:
Franklin Roosevelt was the only US President to have served more than two terms. Elected four times, he was President from 1933 to 1945. He died of a brain hemorrhage on April 12th, 1945, only 83 days into his fourth term.


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