Term limits in the United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is part of a series on the Politics of the United States Federal government Legislature Executive Judiciary Elections Political parties Political ideologies Federalism Foreign relations United States portal Politics portal v t e In the context of the politics of the United States , term limits restrict the number of terms of office an officeholder may serve. At the federal level, the president of the United States can serve a maximum of two four-year terms, with this being limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution that came into force on February 27, 1951. Some state government offices are also term-limited, including executive , legislative , and judicial offices. Analogous measures exist at the city and county level across the U.S., though many details involvi...