Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Happy Constitution Day!

Today, apparently is Constitution Day, and if you've never heard of it, thats because its only been celebrated since 2005 (according to this nifty info sheet that Mr. Spud, who apparently never actually works when he goes to work, and in fact doesn't seem to actually be at work much either, brought home for me). The main point is, the Constitution was signed n Philadelphia (at the aptly named Constitutional Convention) on 17 September, 1787.

so: how many of you have actually read the Constitution? Lets see how many of you are as smart as Mr. Spud: What, in years, is the longest possible time one could serve for president these days? Leave your guesses in the comments, and in a day or so I'll tell you all how wrong you are (NO MA! YOU CAN'T ANSWER, YOU KNOW TOO MUCH!)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

In years, I'd say 12, assuming you were Veep and he died on day one. I assume that first term wouldnt count against your elected terms.

engineeredmadness said...

8 years. Amendment 22 states that no person shall be elected for more then 2 terms and no person serving for more then 2 years of a term that some one else was elected for can be elected more then once.

ratified back in 51.