American Government / Unit 8 Gov 357 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Qualifications and the Two-Term Limit
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The idea
A president must be at least thirty-five, a natural-born citizen, and fourteen years a resident; the Twenty-Second Amendment limits presidents to two elected terms.
In practice
The two-term tradition held from Washington until Franklin Roosevelt's four; the 1951 amendment made tradition law.
Where people slip
Qualifications are constitutional floor conditions, not descriptions of who wins.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
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