An American Dictatorship: A Potential Reality
January 8, 2013 in Politics
Is 2013 going to be the year of political insanity? We have only made it through the first week and thus far seen gun control bills, measures to raise taxes on 77% of Americans, and the list goes on. But the tour through the loony bin isn’t over yet, we have another attempt to consolidate power to the executive branch.
Last Friday, Democratic Rep. Jose Serrano of New York, introduced the bill H.J.Res.15 to Congress that would repeal the 22nd amendment. Basically the repeal would allow presidents to serve more than two terms and essentially become a dictator. As it stands, the 22nd amendment says, “No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice…”
Serrano’s bill states, “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of United States to repeal the 22nd article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as president.” It should be noted, that he has submitted this bill several times over past administrations. Although some may regard this bill as an “unserious proposal” one could see the public warming up to the idea of a limitless term of office if it was applied to a well-liked president…


junart said on January 11, 2013
You will need to look at Serrano closely. It doesn’t make sense to remove the term limits placed on a president unless leverage is being used on him.