Process Essay: How Should A President Serve?
How Should a President Serve?
Should the president have an unlimited number of terms that he/she can serve, or should they only be able to serve one six years term? I believe that the current system we have in place now is the best fit. I 100% agree with the 22nd amendment that was inspired by Thomas Jefferson because allowing the president the option of being in office for two terms is a comfortable number of years. I feel four years is plenty of time to accomplish different goals for the country. This also allows the president the ability to settle into their new position before having to think about the next election to come. Since the 22nd amendment states they can run for a second term, the president can run again and pursue goals in progress …show more content…
Having an unlimited number of terms is very excessive. People would become tired of the same president for years and years. This allows prohibits those who don’t support the president to have the same person, with the same ideas run the country for years on end. Congress would be tired of working with the same president so little would get accomplished. The 22nd amendment was put in place after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president for four terms. Since he ended up dying during his four term congress created the amendment limiting a president to only two terms. By adding this amendment to the constitution, it prevents the president from causing corruption and becoming senile as they become older. I also don’t agree with idea of having a president only be able to serve one term that last six years because that would be a very lengthy amount of time for only one term. Holding an election every six years seems like too long a time to get the opinions of new generations. Elections measure the opinion of the public, so holding election every six years wouldn’t be an accurate representation of our country as a whole. Having a term be four years allows the people to vote for other candidates if they don’t support the current president or their beliefs have changed. It also allows us to keep the same president for another 4 years if they are a good leader for the
Should the president have an unlimited number of terms that he/she can serve, or should they only be able to serve one six years term? I believe that the current system we have in place now is the best fit. I 100% agree with the 22nd amendment that was inspired by Thomas Jefferson because allowing the president the option of being in office for two terms is a comfortable number of years. I feel four years is plenty of time to accomplish different goals for the country. This also allows the president the ability to settle into their new position before having to think about the next election to come. Since the 22nd amendment states they can run for a second term, the president can run again and pursue goals in progress …show more content…
Having an unlimited number of terms is very excessive. People would become tired of the same president for years and years. This allows prohibits those who don’t support the president to have the same person, with the same ideas run the country for years on end. Congress would be tired of working with the same president so little would get accomplished. The 22nd amendment was put in place after Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president for four terms. Since he ended up dying during his four term congress created the amendment limiting a president to only two terms. By adding this amendment to the constitution, it prevents the president from causing corruption and becoming senile as they become older. I also don’t agree with idea of having a president only be able to serve one term that last six years because that would be a very lengthy amount of time for only one term. Holding an election every six years seems like too long a time to get the opinions of new generations. Elections measure the opinion of the public, so holding election every six years wouldn’t be an accurate representation of our country as a whole. Having a term be four years allows the people to vote for other candidates if they don’t support the current president or their beliefs have changed. It also allows us to keep the same president for another 4 years if they are a good leader for the