Why it matters: The 22nd Amendment bars presidents from being elected to a third term. Amending the Constitution is an arduous path that's unlikely to succeed — but Trump told NBC News there are ...

The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution plainly bars people from being elected to the presidency more than twice, but that hasn't stopped President Donald Trump from floating the possibility ...

Why was the 22nd Amendment created? America once had a four-term president, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Back in March, it published a piece arguing that, if Trump were to secure a second term, the 22nd Amendment should be repealed to allow him to seek a third.

– The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Then, on Feb. 21, at a White House event celebrating Black History Month, the president went off-script, asking his audience, “Should I run again?

The amendment’s proximate cause was President Franklin Roosevelt’s election to an astounding fourth term. He also, though, happened to win World War II. That example, in any event, propelled the 22nd ...

The 22nd Amendment, most people believe, strikes a pragmatic balance between our yearning for leadership and our fears about carelessness, corruption and the intoxicating aspects of power.

Tennessee Republican Andy Ogles wants to amend the part of the Constitution that prevents a president from being elected more than twice.

Or perhaps they’ll argue that some other, more fundamental provision of the Constitution supersedes the 22nd Amendment’s term limit. For instance, maybe Trump has a due process right to run for ...

President Donald Trump has suggested that “methods” exist by which he could attempt to serve a third term in the White House, an act that is barred by the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

In interaction with the 12th Amendment, which was ratified in 1804, the 22nd Amendment also has potential legal implications for who can seek the office of vice president.