However, I tend to believe this is a severe case of "sucking up".
Listening to the Glenn Beck Radio Show, I caught part of a someone's informational call. He said a congressman had introduced a bill to remove term limits for the president. I didn't quite catch the congressman's name and his call ended abruptly. So I did some searching...
On January 6th, 2009 (the first day of this session), Representative Jose E. Serrano, introduced H.J. Res 5 . This bill would repeal the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution. The effect would be to remove term limits for presidents of the United States.
Listen, I like President Obama as a person, but do I want him to be the president for life?
Maybe not.
It's perfectly clear to me that this president's motivation is self aggrandizement. He will use his bully pulpit to push big government programs to secure his popularity and support. But I'm afraid those programs will only further homogenize and enslave Americans.
Thankfully, it would be a very unlikely that this thing would have any chance of passing. It has no co-sponsors (yet) and it would need 2/3rds of the US Congress to put it in the hands of the "several states". After that the US Congress and the legacy media would need to influence 3/4th of the state legislatures to vote for it. A real uphill battle.
Maybe instead of removing term limits, we should add term limits for our representatives and senators? This would mean a grass roots initiative as congress wouldn't dream of it.
Here is the information on this bill, followed by the relevant article from the U.S. Constitution. H.J. Res 5, is listed at the Library of Congress' Thomas website.
H.J.RES.5
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 5 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2009 Mr. SERRANO introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:
`Article--
`The twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.'.
Here is the relevant passage for amending the US Constitution:
Article. V.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
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