In March, the president confirmed he's "not joking" about yet another term. Why it matters: The 22nd Amendment bars presidents from being elected to a third term. Amending the Constitution is an ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday did not dismiss the idea of pursuing a third term in the White House, despite the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution prohibiting it, claiming that “there are ...

But that’s just the thing: The 22nd Amendment doesn’t say Trump would be ineligible to serve as president for a third term. It just says he is ineligible to run for a third term (or, more ...

The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and became part of the Constitution in 1951, when it was fully ratified by the states. In interaction with the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, ...

The 22nd Amendment bans a person from being elected U.S. president more than twice. But some legal experts point to plausible strategies that President Trump could try to serve a third term.

The 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution states that no person can be elected to the office of President more than twice. This means that presidents can only serve for a total of eight years.