Creating a dynasty
Posted on 2005-06-16 at 08:01
I don't care which side of the political fence you are on, this is simply wrong! In short, it's a proposal in congress that seeks to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. In case you are unclear about what the 22nd Amendment is....
U.S. Constitution: Twenty-Second Amendment - Presidential Tenure
Section 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. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
I've already written my congress-critters with my opinion on the subject. I think it's worth your time to do the same. You can't complain that they never do the Wil of the People if the people never make their will known.