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Source: NPR

9/6/2022

CRS Scholar: 22nd Amendment's Roots in Partisanship, Civil Rights Opposition

Stephen W. Stathis of the Congressional Research Service traces the partisan politics behind presidential term limits, from Ulysses Grant to the passage of the 22nd Amendment as Harry Truman sought to continue the New Deal program.