How does a president get to stay in office if we are at war?

Question

how does a president do this and what has to happen (i know war)to let him stay in office.has this happened in our history.

Answer 1

The same way we he does when we are not at war, be getting reelected. Of course he can only be president for eight years by law, but before that was law, FDR was president for four terms of office.

Answer 2

It's never happened.  They can only remain if it's not possible to hold elections.  Once it is possible, elections resume.

Answer 3

it does not matter whats going on in the world, he stays in office 4 years no matter what. do you expect him to go fight in the war? YES its happened before.. war has happened before and every time we've had a president. odd question.

Answer 4

He was elected...the war started...he is still in office...end of story...

Answer 5

It has not happened in violation of the Constitution, not even in the gravest crisis the Union faced, during the 1864 Presidential election when Lincoln was challenged by George McClellan.

"It only happened once in our history when Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) was president. The US Constitution prevents any president from holding office for more than two consecutive terms."

...a change which occured AFTER FDR died, so not even FDR (Democrat though he was) violated that part of the Constitution.

Answer 6

What? You mean once that president's term is up? For one- if this is the president's first term (the first four years) then he can get re-elected if the citizens of this country choose to re-elect him. He won't simply stay in office just because we're at war. At the end of his second term (they only get two term max) he doesn't have the opportunity to be re-elected and he will NOT remain in office because of a war. This is when someone else get chosen by the people of the country.. and the war goes on, or doesn't. Its up to the new president.

Answer 7

what??

Answer 8

After he is elected as long as he don't get impeached he's in through good and bad and even better with the right decisions.

Answer 9

He gets reelected.

There are no provisions in the Constitution or U.S. law to allow a President to stay in office beyond his elected term.  The transition period between the election and inauguration (about 2-1/2 months) would be long enough to get the new President up to speed if an election occurred during wartime.

Answer 10

What are you suggesting, that every time a country enters a war their president leaves office?

They might as well install revolving doors in his office.

Answer 11

It only happened once in our history when Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) was president. The US Constitution prevents any president from holding office for more than two consecutive terms. And thank God for that 'cause the US can't handle another minute of GW Bush let alone another four years.

VOTE OBAMA in '08!!