Why can’t Barack Obama become president again? Blame FDR…

Obama’s ineligibility to run for president again is due to the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1951. This amendment was introduced following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms, establishing a strict two-term limit for future presidents. It states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Obama, who served as president from 2009 to 2017, reached his two-term limit and is thus constitutionally barred from running for a third.