Title
Twenty-Second Amendment: Let it Be
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Election Law | Law | Law and Politics | President/Executive Department
Center/Program
Center for Constitutional Governance
Abstract
It is hard to have strong feelings about the Twenty-Second Amendment. Much of the debate over presidential term limits is speculative, with little real evidence of their effect and arguments pro-and-con in equipoise. The convention of two-term presidencies that long-predated the Amendment complicates any effort to assess the measure. On balance, enacting the Twenty-Second Amendment may well have been a mistake, but repealing it now would be worse.
Recommended Citation
Gillian E. Metzger,
Twenty-Second Amendment: Let it Be,
The Constitution Center
(2017).
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