22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

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22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United
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Introduction

• The US constitution outlines the individual and
  combined powers of judicial, executive and
  legislative.
• It also preserves the right of each individual
  state.
• Many leaders would sacrifice anything to stay in
  power.
• This is not however the case for the United
  States.

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22nd Amendment

• The 22nd amendment to the constitution of the
  United States was ratified on February 27th.
• It changed everything.
• It is an amendment that sets a term limit of
  eight years two-years that an individual should
  run for president of the United States.

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History of the US Presidency

• There is a rich history on the presidency of
  United States.
• Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 1882 to 1945 was the
  32nd president of the United States.
• He served longer than any other president ever in
  the U.S.
• Roosevelt served a total of four terms, luck that
  no other president will ever revel in.
• The 22nd amendment to the constitution of the U.S
  denies the right of any individual to be elected
  the president and serve more than twice. 

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• Many American thought that the four terms that
  Roosevelt served made him more than any other man
  in the world.
• Roosevelts regime was faced by greatest crises,
  the deep depression, World War II and much more.
• He overcame all with the New Deal, introduced
  reforms and his leadership paved way for American
  liberalism. 
• George Washington also played a great role in the
  implementation of the 22nd amendment to the
  constitution.
• Many people thought that he will seek a third
  term, but he came out clear that his age made it
  hard to vie for the big post.

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• Thomas Jefferson also played a great role in the
  enactment of the 22nd amendment .
• He wrote if some termination to the services of
  the chief Magistrate be not fixed by the
  Constitution, or supplied by practice, his
  office, nominally four years, will in fact become
  for life.
• There are a number of united states presidents
  who have adhered to the two-term policy .
• They include James Madison, James Monroe and
  Andrew Jackson among others.

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• In 1944, Thomas E, Dewey, the governor of New
  York made it clear that he supported the
  22nd amendment to the constitution.
• It limited presidents to two terms in office.
• He supported his statement with a simple
  clarification that
• Four terms, or sixteen years, is the most
  dangerous threat to our freedom ever proposed.
• Many American felt that the 22nd amendment was a
  great decision that no one should oppose.
• It was approved on March 1947, but took nearly
  four years for the amendment to be ratified.

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