How FDR’s Presidency Inspired Term Limits
Franklin Roosevelt’s Gubernatorial portrait, by Jacob H. Perskie, 1941 / Wikimedia Commons The Founding Fathers considered term limits, but ultimately rejected the idea. It wasn’t until FDR’s unprecedented four terms that lawmakers reconsidered. By Dr. Peter Feuerherd / 04.12.2018 Professor of Journalism St. John’s University The Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution, proposed by Congress in[…]