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The Twenty-Second Amendment limits Presidents to two terms plus up to half of the term of the President whose Vice President one was. That's a little hard to follow, but what it shakes out to be is that the MAXIMUM time one can now be President is ten years (two 4-year terms as elected President, and 2 years completing the former President's term). However, if someone filled his predecessor's uncompleted term of 2 years and one day, that person could only serve 6 years and a day (one completed term and one elected term).

If someone had already being President for 2 terms (8 years), then he would be ineligble for a third term. Even if there were less than two years remaining to serve, there is an order of succession which doesn't include former Presidents.

Since the Vice President could be called on to assume the duties of President (that's what a "Vice" President is for), someone disqualified for President is also disqualified for Vice President. For example, Bill Clinton could not be Hillary's Vice President if she had more than two years to serve. I suppose that if she was in the last two years of her term and her Vice President dropped out, a la Spiro Agnew, she COULD nominate Bill for Veep and then resign (assuming he was confirmed). I have a hard time imagining that happening, but seemingly, it is possible.

There's nothing in the Constitution to stop former 8-year Presidents from returning to the House or the Senate and there, conceivably, winding up on the succession list (as Speaker of the House or President Pro Tempore of the Senate) or even being a Cabinet member. Perhaps that would suggest a "backdoor" to more Presidency, but I rather think the interpretation would be that such a person would be skipped over in the line of succession. It's extremely unlikely anyway, as once having tasted the Oval Office, all modern Presidents have felt Legislative and Cabinet positions beneath their dignity.

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