What amendment says how long a president can serve?

What is the legislation that says the president can only serve two terms?

Yes. 22nd Amendment of the Constitution.

Where is it written that a US president is limited to two terms in office?

Such is the 22nd amendment to the Constitution . Actually the amendment says the president can only be elected to 2 terms- he may serve part of another term.

What amendment says that electors will vote for one president and one vice president?

Such is the gist of the 12th amendment.

If the president is incapacitated who becomes the president?

The vice president can serve as the president in this case. Amendment 25 specifies procedures to be followed if the president says he is unable to serve and voluntarily yields his power and if he does not think he is incapacitated and how he can get his power back if he recovers his capacities.

Can Obama be reelected after his second win?

No, he cannot. Since 1951, the 22nd amendment has been in force, and it says that after completing two terms, a president may not serve a third.

Which amendment spells out who becomes president-elect in the event of the death of a president-elect?

There are three sections in the Constitution that specify the line of succession. First is Article II, Section 1, where it says that the Vice President is next in line. The second is in the 20th Amendment, Section 3, which says that if the President-elect dies before taking office, then the VP-elect gets inaugurated. The third is in the 25th Amendment, which clarified Article II, explicitly stating that if the President can no longer serve, that the VP becomes President.

What problems did the 22nd amendment solve?

It strictly limited the length of time a person could serve as President. This was intended to counter the problem of the "imperial" presidency, where an extended period of time in office tended to heavily favor the incumbent, as they were able to leverage the very office they occupied to continually be re-elected.

How does the 25th amendment work?

The 25th amendment to the Constitution refers to what happens if a President dies or resigns from office. It says that the Vice President takes over for the President if he is unable to do his duties.

If the house fails to choose a president by January 20 the 20th amendment says that?

the Vice president shall act as President

Which amendment says a president can only have 2 terms?

The 22nd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected President to one for those who have served as President or Acting President for more than two years of a term to which somebody else was elected and two for everybody else, but the two terms do not need to be consecutive.

What part of the Constitution says that the office of the President should be transferred to the Vice President if the President dies while in office?

The 25th Amendment !

Can a former president serve as vice president?

The original constitution had no requirements for the office of vice president. However, the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, said that, "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."So that would mean that a vice president would have to meet the requirements to be president laid out in Article II of the Constitution. Principally, the person would have to be born in the United States, be at least 35 years of age and have been a resident of this country for the preceding 14 years. So far, so good. Maybe a former president, like Bill Clinton, could serve as vice president.However, the 22nd Amendment, ratified in 1951, states:22nd Amendment: 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 President more than once.So this sets up the conundrum. The 22nd Amendment says that Clinton can clearly not "be elected" to the presidency. And the 12th Amendment says that no one can become vice president if they are "ineligible to the office of the presidency."Clinton has been elected to the presidency twice. So he can no longer be "elected" to the presidency, according to the language of the 22nd Amendment. Does that mean he is "constitutionally ineligible" to serve as president, to use the language of the 12th Amendment? If so, he could not serve as vice president. But finding out would certainly make for an interesting Supreme Court case.