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The 22nd Amendment sets term limits for the office of the president. What issue did this solve that had previously only been a tradition since the original Constitution?

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The tradition was that no president would serve more than two terms.

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Before the 22nd amendment, two 4 year terms were common only because it was the way president Washington chose to do it. It was never a written law. By adding the 22nd Amendment, this was made into a law, because President Roosevelt won as much as 4 terms.
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