Is it true that the US president can only run for 2 4-year terms?
No. An individual can only be elected to the Presidency twice. He can run as many times as he wants. The 22nd Amendment was ratified in 1951, which put term limits into effect. It was done largely in reaction to the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was elected President four times (although he died a less than a year into his fourth term). The popularity of FDR made a Republican Congress pass this amendment shortly after World War II to prevent another popular Democrat from repeating what FDR had accomplished. Ironically, in 1952, the Republicans nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was subsequently elected. He probably could have served more than two terms. What if he’s doing a good job? That’s a question I asked myself in 2000. Cheers.
A person can run for as many terms as he/she wants to run for. However he/she can only serve for 2 terms. The exception being, if a president dies or is assassinated while serving, the VP can complete the president’s term and then serve 2 terms of his/her own. Only if the dead president has 2 or fewer years remaining in the term in which the VP takes over. This limit was imposed by Amendment 22 in 1951. Congress didn’t like the fact that FDR was elected 4 times…apparently only Congress and federal judges can serve for life….
