I believe that the 22nd amendment should be repealed and allow presidents in the future to serve a third or more terms. If citizens feel that the current president is doing a splendid job, then why remove that individual from office ? Although many have the perspective that 8 years is enough for an individual to hold office and that position should continuously be changed, there are times where it is not the most efficient decision. Having an entirely new president every one or two terms has led to several mistakes during a president’s first or second year in office. Although repealing the amendment would not eliminate the problems but it would definitely lessen them.…
A 28th Amendment Congressional adoptions of amendments to the Constitution come few and far between, although prove effective in bettering the welfare of the United States. The Law of the Land must change alongside America’s changing views. The next necessary amendment to the constitution should be a set outline for term limits for both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Currently, term limits do not exist among Congress, leading to possible corruption and political scheming, allowing the same state representative to stay in office until he/she resigns or passes away.…
Question 1: What were the founders' original goals for Congress? The founders’ original goals for Congress was to create a branch that was powerful enough to govern and to check the power of the president, but not powerful enough to practice tyrannical rule. They created the House, so the population had an opinion, and the Senate, so the state had an opinion. They wanted Congress to embody republican principles, and even with their central policy-making that they would be responsive to the needs and will of the people. Question 2: Why are incumbents generally so successful in congressional elections?…
The 22nd amendment states that the president can only hold office up to eight years. George Washington is the one who establishes the policies of presidents not to serve more than two terms in office. I think this amendment important because the founders did not want a dictatorship. This amendment wouldn't allow that to happen they can only stay in office less than eight years. Every four years we vote for a new president or the existing president to stay in office for four more years.…
Members of the House already have to be re-elected every two years and members of the Senate have to be elected six years. (“How Congress Works”, 67) Therefore, it is unfair that a constituents vote must be casted on a candidate who falls between the eligible amount of terms. If a candidate gets re-elected therefore it is what the constituents want. This argument against the implementation of term limits in congress is flawed in many ways.…
The Obamacare Debacle: Another Reason We need a Second political party. Sometimes you simply hope that your predictions will be wrong and that events will miraculously turn out differently, unfortunately this is not one of those times. Most people with a modicum of common sense anticipated that the Republicans would now take the blame for the troubles of Obamacare, and that has come to pass. ……… ………….…
The creation of a republic serves as a control for the effects of factions. Factions emerge when groups of people feel their ideas are not being heard and accounted for in government. Madison describes these groups as having interests against the interests of the whole country. The design of a republic, especially the one created in the Constitution, encourages representatives from various interest groups to have a voice in lawmaking. Therefore, controlling factions is a matter of having elected officials to represent different groups.…
Supporters of term limits have suggested that a system without term limits allows undeserving politicians to exploit this advantage, and creates to a class of politicians who are ineffective and immovable, and who continue to win elections because of the political money from corrupt influence groups. Fairness in elections is one of the pillars of democracy, and the fact that incumbents are reelected at such high rates is unexpected given the approval ratings of the system as a whole. However, enforcing term limits would not change the electoral security that exists in this system. It would certainly shorten the time over which this may occur, and destroy relations between career politicians and interests groups that they rely on for donations, but term limits would not…
Only having office for a limited amount of time, the transient desires of congressmen become their main concern. Furthermore, this short-term mindset has the potential to negatively alter the effectiveness of congress. Thomas E. Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in governance studies believes that if congress enforced term limits it would not just affect congress but America’s political system as a whole (Mann). In fact, this potential harm to the political system would show through in the current democratic electoral…
The argument made by Jack N. Rakove in his essay, “The Hope of the Framers to Recruit Citizens to Enter Public Life,”1 was more convincing than that made by Alfred F. Young in “The Pressure of the People on the Framers of the Constitution. ”2 Young focuses on the different motivations of the framers, while the point that Rakove is trying to make is how the framers of the Constitution of the United States3 , regardless of motivation, sought to include the common people in the affairs of the government by making political office accessible to citizens. The Constitution is designed to provide United States citizens an opportunity to run for office regardless of social standing, the balance of powers contained within prevent any one person or group…
Although there are many proponents of Congressional term limits, there are also many opponents with just as many arguments. One such argument is that term limits filter individuals with absolutely no experience into Congress. Although new members may bring in diversity, they also lack experience and the skills that come along with it. In addition, opponents of term limits argue that the longer an individual holds office, the more aware of their constituents they become. This is because, in order to continue holding office, they need to appeal to the people and work for their…
(Beinhart, 2002) With more voters involved, Congressmen would be elected by the amount of service they offer to the citizens of America. Term limits would allow people to more accurately choose the Congressmen that would represent them the best by judging them based on their policies, not their past terms. The competitiveness of elections caused by term limits would get voters more involved in politics and help them to choose the best…
The debate on whether congressional representatives should or should not have term limits is still a big issue in the realm of the United States’ political system. This issue has been debated for many years, but is constantly overlooked by congressional representatives from across the country. Having congressional term limits would be extremely beneficial to the political system of the United States, and to the citizens of the United States. Some of the founding fathers were also in favor of creating term limits for representatives. The purpose of this paper is to prove that it would be beneficial for members of Congress to have term limits because it promotes new ideas, prevents corruption, and would have a positive impact on the legislation…
If life tenure is such a good idea, as it would eliminate the above mentioned problems, then why are so many in opposition of term limits and shuns the proposals? They value judicial independence, and they all have forms of accountability and term limits, so what are the reasons for their views and objections about cutting life tenure? Making term limits would not make the stakes any less important or productive.…
Supporters of this amendment, however believe it prevents political stagnation. As times changed, allowing a new president to step in, the people felt they would see beneficial changes and a new perspective on political issues. To this day there are pros and cons to this controversial amendment. The pros of the amendment are a long term presidency would meet with the needs of the people.…