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The Constitution of the United States of America
Additional Amendments, Amendment XXII, Section 2
Introduction:
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limits the number of terms a person can serve as President. Specifically, Section 2 states that no person can be elected to the office of the President more than twice. This amendment was ratified in 1951 in response to Franklin D. Roosevelt's four-term presidency, establishing a two-term limit to ensure a rotation of leadership and prevent any individual from holding too much power for an extended period.
Actual Text:
“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. ”
