The attempted elimination of the 22nd amendment in the Constitution has been considered many times in each Congress, and my position on the issue has been categorical. Regardless of the situation or the ruling party, the 22nd amendment of the Constitution is critical in our society, because it prevents a potential for Presidents to become virtual kings for life. Of course, the President needs to be elected by the electorate for every election in order for such dire possibility to happen, but it must be noted that the Founding Fathers did not trust the complete democracy, because they feared that the population could be manipulated by external harmful influence to which could lead the democracy to the path of destruction as the Founders saw it. That is why we have a sort of buffered democracy, such as the Electoral College, so that we would not be lead astray by pure democracy.

That is not to say that the Founders were anti-democratic, but the point is that there are mechanisms to prevent pure majority vote mechanisms from taking over the government. The 22nd amendment functions as that, and individuals who propose to eliminate it miss the critical part of one of the Founder’s concern in establishing the structure of our own government.

I do not know Representative Serrano’s principle behind this action, but it is clear that he does not understand the reasoning behind the 22nd amendment and its compatibility to one of Founder’s principles when this nation was established. It is also clear that with all the issues out there that needs government intention, the congressman finds this the important issue of all. If that is the case, then at least he would proudly should tell his constituents by posting something BIG on his website about the 22nd amendment issue; however, there is hardly any mention on the congressman’s website, which puzzles me until I consider the congressman’s proposal not an act out of his representation of the district but as only a political means to serve his own interest.

Glade he is not my congressman, but, please, somebody vote him out the next election.