What is the absolute MAXIMUM time a president can spend in office?
My world history class has been debating over the maximum amount of time that a president can serve in office (in years). Obviously, the 22nd amendment states that a president can only serve for 2 terms and they don't have to be consecutive, which is a total of 8 years, but I've also heard that there's some loophole where if a vice president takes over before the president has reached the half-way point of his first term, then that president (formally vp), is allowed to stay in office for a maximum of 10 years. Is this true or false? How does one figure out such a loophole? Where does does it say that (or not say it) in the constitution?
Charles C2012-03-07T04:25:54Z
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10 years. If the Vice President assumes the presidency after 1/2 of the President 's term he can serve two full terms . If the Vice President serves more than 1/2 of the former President's term he can only be elected for one more term. That was the Difference between LBJ and Gerald Ford. Ford served more than 1/2 of Nixon's term and was therefore limited to running and serving 0ne term.
The maximum term to be spent depends on the constitution of the concerned country.Mostly,in US two term tenure is allowed but in case of the death or impeachment of the President,the constitution allows the VP to complete the tenure and at the same time the VP is allowed to hold the office for another two terms if elected by the people.In some advancing countries,this is subjected to review that is the reason we see President spending three or four terms or even more.E.g Senegal in Africa.
Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits. 1. 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.
WHAT is your problem? The ten year limit is clearly stated in the 22nd amendment.
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.
Elected twice - that's EIGHT years. PLUS TWO years of someone else's term TEN YEARS.
WHY do you people insist on making statements about things you are too frikkin lazy to read? Really. WHY?