The United States Constitution prohibits anyone who has served two terms as President from running for the office again.
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Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
The 22nd Amendment's text says no person shall be elected President more than twice, so someone who has been elected to two terms cannot be elected again, which matches the claim.
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… Sadly, I said that yesterday, and they start screaming, Four more years! Four, four more shots! I loved you. Well, we have a clause. I don't know, Steve Daines, Senator Daines. We have a clause that's sort of hard to break. It says you will, under no circumstances, be allowed. This is for anybody that served two terms. Be allowed to run, under any condition, for President of the United States after two terms. Now, usually there's a little wiggle room, like, you know, you sort of finagle your way through that. There wasn't a lot. There's not a lot of wiggle room there, Steve. We look, Tim, what do you think? You see any wiggle? So, one of those things. …
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Supports. The Congress.gov Constitution Annotated text of the 22nd Amendment states that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.[4]
Supports. The National Archives-linked Reagan Library page quotes the same official text of Amendment 22 and confirms it was ratified February 27, 1951, establishing term limits for elected presidents.[5]
Supports. Reuters fact-check and AP explainer confirm the two-term limit is part of the Constitution through the 22nd Amendment, and that a third-term bid would run against it.[1][2]
Supports. FactCheck.org quotes the amendment's text and reports legal experts calling a third-term 'loophole' argument implausible because it defeats the amendment's clear intent.[3]
Context. The amendment's second clause lets a person who served more than two years of a term to which another was elected be elected only once more, so the bar is on being elected a third time rather than on every possible service pattern.[4][6]
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6 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 not rated
- 1Fact Check: Congress did not violate the Constitution by passing 22nd Amendmentreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Why does the US restrict its presidents to 2 terms?apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Legal Scholars Dispute Constitutional 'Loophole' for a ...factcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 4Twenty-Second Amendment | Browse | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congressconstitution.congress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 5Amendment 22 – “Term Limits for the Presidency” - Ronald Reagan Librarywww.reaganlibrary.gov › constitutional-amendments-amendment-22-term-...reaganlibrary.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 6Twenty-second Amendment | US Presidential Term Limits | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: context
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