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A third term for the Clintons?

  • Written by David Stebenne, Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University

The Democratic Party’s nomination of Hillary Clinton this past week has revived an old controversy in a new way: presidential third terms.

It is a controversy as old as the nation itself.

The father of the nation sets a precedent

The third term issue first surfaced during George Washington’s second presidential term, which ran from March...

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