Be afraid, be very afraid… Somehow this little gem of proposed legislation seems to have flown under the media radar.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution. (Introduced in House)
HJ 24 IH
109th CONGRESS
1st SessionH. J. RES. 24
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the 22nd amendment to the Constitution.IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 17, 2005
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SABO, and Mr. PALLONE) 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 22nd amendment to the Constitution.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:
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`The twenty-second article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is repealed.‘.
At least when they tried to repeal the 22nd for Reagan, it was all done in the open. This nasty little critter can be verified here. You will have to do a search on “HJ Res 24”.
[Editor’s Note:] For those of you who don’t recall all of the amendments here’s a link. The 22nd establishes the two-term limit for Presidents.
This isn’t surprising in the least, but I’m not too worried about it. According to the record it was introduced on February 17th and the last major action recorded is on April 4th when it was referred to the House Subcommittee on the Constitution where it appears to have gotten stuck. I seriously doubt it’ll ever make it out of committee, but it’s definitely something to keep our eyes on.