An ex-President can run again, but only as Vice President.
Under the 22nd Amendment, someone who has been elected to two terms cannot run for President again. It says nothing about assuming the Presidency from the Vice President AFTER one has already been President.
In fact, the Ex-President/Vice President would have to be allowed to assume the Presidency under the 20th Amendment.
Some may split hairs over the meaning of "No persona shall be elected to the office of President more than twice..." but I think the language is clear and being elected to the office of President vs. Vice President is very different.
The twenty second amendment to the constitution says that no person shall be elected to the office of president more than two times with the exception that if someone serves more than two years of someone else's term, in other words succeeds to the office through the death, impeachment, or resignation of another person, that person shall not be elected more than once. The constitution does not say elected two consecutive times like Bush or Clinton, just two times. The maximum amount of time anyone can serve is ten years, two years of someone else's term and elected twice to four year terms. Nixon would not have been able to run again even though he only served a little more than five years because he was elected twice. LBJ could have ran again because he served less than two years of Kennedy's term and was elected once. Ford would not have been able to run again if he had beaten Carter in 1976 because he served more than two years of Nixon's second term.
A president is limited to two terms. They do not need to be consecutive. If they had only served one, they may run for a second, even if they had been defeated in the past.
Jimmy Carter and George Bush, Sr. could run again, because they only served one term each. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush could not, because they each served two terms.
Sure, as long as he hasn't served two terms. Grover Cleveland served two terms that were not successive. So, we could run George H.W. Bush against Jimmy Carter if we wanted to.
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Only if they have only served one term in there previous presidency.
An ex-President can run again, but only as Vice President.
Under the 22nd Amendment, someone who has been elected to two terms cannot run for President again. It says nothing about assuming the Presidency from the Vice President AFTER one has already been President.
In fact, the Ex-President/Vice President would have to be allowed to assume the Presidency under the 20th Amendment.
Some may split hairs over the meaning of "No persona shall be elected to the office of President more than twice..." but I think the language is clear and being elected to the office of President vs. Vice President is very different.
The twenty second amendment to the constitution says that no person shall be elected to the office of president more than two times with the exception that if someone serves more than two years of someone else's term, in other words succeeds to the office through the death, impeachment, or resignation of another person, that person shall not be elected more than once. The constitution does not say elected two consecutive times like Bush or Clinton, just two times. The maximum amount of time anyone can serve is ten years, two years of someone else's term and elected twice to four year terms. Nixon would not have been able to run again even though he only served a little more than five years because he was elected twice. LBJ could have ran again because he served less than two years of Kennedy's term and was elected once. Ford would not have been able to run again if he had beaten Carter in 1976 because he served more than two years of Nixon's second term.
A president is limited to two terms. They do not need to be consecutive. If they had only served one, they may run for a second, even if they had been defeated in the past.
Jimmy Carter and George Bush, Sr. could run again, because they only served one term each. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush could not, because they each served two terms.
Sure, as long as he hasn't served two terms. Grover Cleveland served two terms that were not successive. So, we could run George H.W. Bush against Jimmy Carter if we wanted to.
I don't really want to.
I think George Bush if he could run would have about as much chance as a snowball in hell of getting relected. Thank God.
yes, but not after 2 terms.
As long as he hasn't served two terms already, yes.
as long as no more then two terms are served
As long as he did not exceed two terms in office.