Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution canonical	7
22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution	2
22nd Amendment	1
Twenty-second Amendment	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
affectsOffice	tenure of the President of the United States ⓘ
alsoLimits	service of a vice president who succeeds to the presidency ⓘ
appliesToElections	general elections for President of the United States ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ
appliesToOfficeHolders	natural-born citizens who are eligible to be President of the United States ⓘ
classification	United States presidential succession and tenure law ⓘ
codifiesPractice	two-term tradition established by George Washington ⓘ
constitutionalArticleAffected	Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalDomain	federal executive power ⓘ
constitutionalNumber	22 ⓘ
containsExemption	sitting president at time of proposal exempt from its limitations ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
doesNotApplyRetroactivelyTo	president holding office when the amendment was proposed ⓘ
doesNotLimit	non-consecutive terms beyond the two-election maximum ⓘ service as vice president ⓘ
enforcedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government state election officials ⓘ
governs	eligibility for election to the presidency ⓘ
hasLegalEffectSince	1951 ⓘ
hasSectionCount	2 ⓘ
hasTopic	checks and balances in the United States government ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
historicalContext	adopted after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times ⓘ
inspiredByEvent	four presidential election victories of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
isWrittenIn	United States constitutional law ⓘ
languageType	English ⓘ
legalForm	binding constitutional rule ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
legalSubject	executive branch of the United States ⓘ
limitsOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
locationInDocument	following Article V and preceding subsequent amendments ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
primaryEffect	limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedByBody	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedDate	1947-03-21 ⓘ
ratifiedBy	three-fourths of the state legislatures ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1951-02-27 ⓘ
setsMaximumNumberOfElectionsToOffice	2 ⓘ
setsMaximumNumberOfTermsInOffice	2 ⓘ
shortName	Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 22nd Amendment Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Twenty-second Amendment
subject	President of the United States ⓘ presidential term limits ⓘ
successorServiceRule	person who serves more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected president only once ⓘ
typeOfLimitation	term limit ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the United States → termLimitDefinedBy → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twenty-second Amendment

Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution → shortName → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 22nd Amendment

Truman administration domestic policy → hasPart → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution

80th United States Congress → passed → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution

United States presidential election → legalBasis → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Presidency of the United States → termLimitSource → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

2024 United States presidential election → constitutionalBasis → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

1940 United States presidential election → precedesConstitutionalChange → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. presidents → termLimitSource → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. presidents → constitutionalAmendmentAffectingOffice → Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ