How Did The 12th Amendment Change A President's Life

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The adoption of the 12th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, and 25th amendments changed everything in a president’s life. From presidential elections to succession and everything in between. Over the course of time we’ve added amendments to change these problems they had. These problems have changed almost everything pertaining to the president.

The first of the five presidential amendment changes is the 12th amendment. The 12th amendment states that the president and vice president run together in elections. This amendment came about from problems between the president and vice president. The candidate with the most votes became president. The candidate with the 2nd amount of most votes became vice president. This created major conflict between the
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