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democracy's way of saying great, now let someone else fail for a while.
means a rule capping how many times someone can hold an office, forcing power to change hands on a schedule instead of by choice.
from rooted in ancient athens and rome, where officials rotated to prevent tyranny; the us constitution ignored it for presidents until fdr's four terms spooked congress into the 22nd amendment in 1951.
washington's precedenthe quit after two terms, no law required
fdr broke itwon four elections, died in his fourth
state variance36 states limit governors, congress has none
global splitmexico bans re-election outright, one term only