I understand the Constitutional issues, but does President Obama have to leave office in Jan 2017?

[virtualobserver]

Shouldn't there be a provision in the Constitution that allows for an additional term
if Republicans screw the world up so badly that things can't be completely fixed in 8 years?

[AllFieldsRequired]

1. I heard an idea, how about he forms a corporation and the corp, which is people, as we

know, runs.

[virtualobserver]

4. That is a brilliant idea

The only problem is that the corporation has to be 35 years old.........I hope that no 35 year old or older corporation steals your idea.

[AllFieldsRequired]

5. It's a corp. you could write into it's charter that it is any age you want?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Who's taking over?

If it's a President Clinton or a President Sanders or a President O'Malley taking over, I'm confident they'll try to keep things on the right track.

If it's a President Bush or President Walker taking over, time to go into defensive mode but that's the way the cookie crumbles. We've done it before and we've survived. We'll do it again.

If it's a President Trump taking over......it's Constitutional Convention time. Or move to Canada time.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

3. No.

But if they really really screw it all up bad he could be drafted.
Bad as they would like to they have not the power to go that far, collectively or other wise.

[zipplewrath]

6. Look forward, not backward

What's good for the goose.

Time to let someone else take a crack at fixing it.

[virtualobserver]

7. Well, it has just been such a pleasure to have a mature, rational President.

and he is still so young.

I look forward to what he will accomplish post-Presidency.

[zipplewrath]

14. Comparitively so yes.

But the point of the change is to bring in someone who can accomplish what he couldn't. Who has different short comings than his administration.

[lumberjack_jeff]

8. "Yes", and "no", respectively nt

[PoliticAverse]

9. Yes, and the Constitution allows the people to elect another Democrat to replace him. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

10. Yes, he must leave office

Even if the 22nd Amendment were repealed under his term, he could not benefit from that.

[virtualobserver]

12. not that I would expect the repeal, but why couldn't he benefit from it?

[awoke_in_2003]

17. I thought if he signed it into law

he couldn't benefit from it. I may be wrong.

[MFrohike]

16. Not true

If the repeal expressly provided that the current president was not excluded, he could run. From the text of the 22nd amendment:

But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

That language ensured that Truman could have run again in 1952 if he so chose. There's no reason language allowing a sitting president to run for a third term couldn't be added to a repeal.

[awoke_in_2003]

18. Ok, thanks. nt

[olddots]

11. I get the feeling the facists would kill him

in their overthrow of democracy .

[NobodyHere]

13. Obama could leave in Dec 2016 if he wants.

[MisterP]

15. he also has to, y'know, try to FIX their crap instead of just entrenching it

[LynneSin]

19. Just vote Joe!

like having Obama for another 4 years but instead you get Joe Biden and you know he is cool!

[craigmatic]

20. We need to change the constitution because the repubs passed that amendment to

prevent another FDR and the only 2 presidents they ended fucking over were Clinton and Obama. Washing was just a man and he wasn't infallible. There's nothing wrong with 3 or more terms.