There are lots of reasons why this is probably a good idea. Mainly because 8 years is simply not long enough to affect long term change. To put in place new policies only to have a new command come in and attempt to execute on those ideas, overturn them, and begin implementing new policies again is really not productive.
Ever since the 22nd Amendment was added, the only way to serve more than two terms is if the person started as Vice-President, became President after no less than two years in that term, and then won two elections after that.
George Washington
A president can serve no more than two full terms.
A US President cannot serve more than two terms.
yes a vice president can serve as many terms as the person voted president has chosen him as his running mate. this position is not elected by the people.
Franklin Roosevelt was the only president to serve more than two terms.
Franklin D Roosevelt -- he served 4 terms
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The president is Franklin Delanor Roosevelt.
YES. The Constitution states that a president can serve for 10 years or two terms. Since each term is 4 years, two terms is 8 years. In these cases, the Vice-President that becomes President can finish the two years, and then run for 2 more terms in office.
No, President Bush cannot serve any more terms since he has already done two. No president can do any more than two terms under our current U.S. law.
There is no overall maximum number of terms that someone can be President of the USA, but there is a limit of two consecutive terms. It is possible that someone could serve two terms, sit out a term, then serve two more terms.
Franklin Roosevelt was the only president to serve three terms . It is now illegal for a president to serve more than two terms, so FDR's record will stand for a long time.