USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA 1992 2013

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the 22nd Amendment limit?
A
The length of a Presidential term
B
The amount of terms a President can serve
C
How many Presidents we can have
D
none of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The House of Representatives took quick action, approving a proposed constitutional amendment (House Joint Resolution 27) setting a limit of two four-year terms for future presidents. Introduced by Earl C. Michener, the measure passed 285–121, with support from 47 Democrats, on February 6, 1947.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -THE CONSTITUTION (TWENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1969 respect of the areas which may form part of the autonomous State. Clause 4 of the Bill provides for the constitution of a committee of. the Assam Legislative Assembly consisting of members of that Assembly.

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