This is my first timeline. It will probably seem implausible, but I had a specific idea that wouldn't be possible IOTL. The format is borrowed from statichaos' "A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears," but don't expect the same writing quality.
People say I'm a hero. Well, I'm no hero. The real heroes are the guys who didn't come back, guys like Jack Kennedy, who gave up his own life to save mine on that little torpedo boat...
Machinist Mate Second Class Harold Marney, Veteran's Day, 1948
Section 1: No Person except a natural born Citizen of the United States, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office, or the office of United States Senator or Representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty five years, and been resident within the United States at the time of election. No person shall be elected to the office of the President of the United States more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Twenty-Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
People say I struck a deal with Joe Kennedy to get off on that mail fraud rap, but it wasn't like that at all. I just couldn't bear to say no to him; can you imagine losing two sons in a year? The man was a wreck by 1947. Besides, no one made an issue out of the age requirement at the time. Hell, half the states did the same thing.
Representative James Curley, personal interview