District Council member Brianne Nadeau: This limbo that we're in because of the congressional rider is untenable, it's a big problem. John Fitzgerald Kennedy: I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad.
FDR was the first and only president to serve more than two terms. Passed by Congress in 1947, and ratified by the states on February 27, 1951, the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to two terms in office, a total of eight years.
The 22nd Amendment set a limit on the number of times a President could be elected-two four-year terms. It has one exception for a Vice-President who assumes the Presidency after the death or removal of the President, establishing the maximum term of any President to 10 years.he 22nd Amendment set a limit on the number of times a President could be elected-two four-year terms. It has one exception for a Vice-President who assumes the Presidency after the death or removal of the President, establishing the maximum term of any President to 10 years.