Twenty-second Amendment

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limiting presidential terms to two for any one person, or to one elected term if the person has completed more than two years of another's term.

Example Sentences

Obama had no appetite for superseding the Twenty-second Amendment.

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United States, in which the President attempted to have the Twenty-Second Amendment overturned, on the ground that it violated his First Amendment right to campaign for a third term.

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