We have been covering the US Constitution line by line. When Republicans wave their paper props and parrot their vile machinations, we will be prepared to expose the lies. We have finished the main body of the Constitution. Now we continue with the Amendments. You can find the last article on the main body of the Constitution here. It has links to all the others. The text comes from The US Constitution. Previous articles in the Amendment series:
Article I
Articles II and III
Article IV
Article V
Article VI
Article VII
Article VIII
Articles IX and X
Articles XI and XII
Article XIII
Article XIV
Article XV
Article XVI
Article XVII
Article XVIII
Article IX
Article XX
Article [XXI]
1: The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
2: The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
3: This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
The Twenty first Amendment repeals the Eighteenth, prohibition. It was ratified in 1933.
Clause 2 provides authority for states to regulate the import and use of alcohol within their respective borders.
Clause three provides a seven year time limit for ratification.
We covered the controversial aspects of prohibition in our study of the Eighteenth Amendment, so I shall not repeat that.
Amendment XXII
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 the 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.
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.
Ratified in 1951, the Twenty second Amendment limits a President to two elective terms. Clause 2 contains a seven year time limit. It is not controversial. However, there was talk, during the second term of the Bush Regime, about staging a Reichstag Fire and suspending elections to keep Bush in office beyond his second term. With the economy spiraling out of control, due to their malfeasance, Republicans decided it might be better to lose power and blame the Democrats.
I shall try to put up a new article in this series almost every day. It will take some time to cover it all, but when we’re done, we shall be immune to the lies with which Republicans seek to undermine our freedoms.
14 Responses to “Constitutional Amendments: Articles XXI and XXII”
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So what if a guy is elected president, serves two terms then waits a term or two and runs again? Or oes this prohibit that?
As far as the 18th…add drugs to it.
I does Mark. The word consecutive is absent.
True.
TC
I know this would be somewhat speculative, if they had chosen to do so, could they indeed have circumvented
that law and had Bush in there more? Good grief!
Yep. Under certain conditions, the President may declare a state of emergency and declare martiual law. The law, passed early in the second term of the Bush Regime, is not constitutional, but that doesn’t matter to Republicans.
That’s still their strategy today. Blame Obama. Why anyone would swallow that Obama is responsible for this mess, is beyond me, but they do. The mess is less of a mess, because of what Obama has done.
We should have term limits for Senators and Representatives.
Tom, sadly we have an electorate too lazy to inform themselves. The media as a whole have reported both truth and lies with equal standing, without attempt to differentiate between the two, except for Faux Noise who actively endorse the lies.
Solon tried term limits in ancient Athens. The legislators just sold out for cushy jobs instead of campaign cash.
Eric and I actually thought that someone else could run as prez and then Bill Clinton could be vice prez. When elected, the prez could resign and then Bill Clinton would be prez again. All that got thrown out the window when Hillary went into the primaries though. Think about it, it doesn’t violate the Constitution and the Repub would have an absolute shit fit!
Lisa, I do think that would work. The operative word here is ELECTED.
II’m kinda confused… however!
I am enjoying reading your coverage of the Constitution !!! Great indoor reading. lol
Consused? Thanks!
Flying by to say HI, interesting read too!
Hi Monique!! 🙂
I actually predict a “movement” will be formed to repeal the 22nd sometime in the next few years. With corporations now “people”, it will be far better for business to have a stable and long-term leader in the White House. The logic, which I am sure every one of the business journalists will fall over themselves to agree with, will be that changing presidents every four to eight years creates a climate of uncertainty that the worries stock holders and affects profits.
Beach, that would not surprise me at all.