Term limit

Term limits on members of Congress has been a debated and at the same time, a very popular issue in our country. Currently, the Constitution doesn’t mention limiting the amount of terms a Congressperson are subject to. They can be reelected indefinitely by their constituents, and this has become a crucial problem in our country. Many of our nation’s leaders are considered “career politicians” because of how long they have been in office; the longer they are in office, the less they really care…

The argument against a number of congressional terms believe that it's the voter's choice to re-elect the same people and it's it's their right we shoouldn't take it away from them. Also States tend to choose a representative that represents them and their culture. For Example Alabama keeps reelecting Sen. Richard Shelby since 1986. "91 percent of Senate and 90 percent of House incumbents were re-elected". People are happy to re-elect the same people. Also the most important factor is the…

Term limits for Congress or not. In reading this paper you will be informed about the pros and cons of term limits. While reading you might notice it be divided up into four different sections. The first is the early history. The second is the pros and cons of term limits. The third is about the court case U.S Term Limits Inc. vs. Thornton. Finally, a live example of term limits gone wrong, California. Before reading all about term limits, there should be a little background to term…

run for Congress. The results showed that term limited states are not really opening the door to minorities to run for office. Imposing term limits does not make a difference, as some scholars argued, that term limits were forcing legislators to run for Congress, the data in this paper does not support those arguments. Not to mention, the level of professionalism in states does not matter. This findings are important, there are fifteen states with term limited legislature. Their concern is…

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. The Supreme Court is supposed to be immune from democracy’s demands; term limits would not help the function of the court if so then…

millennials are allowed to limit speech on their campuses and then the speech in the workforce later in life, those whose speech is limited will “demand the same ‘protection’ from speech that offends” them, meaning that those who limit speech may have their own speech confined (Volokh). Even if groups seek to limit free speech because they are “outsiders fighting the powerful,” the government cannot be expected to give “extra censorship powers” without also holding the power to use limits…

members of congress should have set term limits. I am advocating that members of congress ought to have term limits set forth limiting the amount of time they can serve. One reason I am urging this action is because I feel a large number of congress members have served for so long that they are no longer working toward representing the voices of the people, but rather working for their own self-seeking desires. Though twenty-two states have enforced some type of term limits, I feel as though it…

Although there is not currently a term limit placed on all members of Congress, the democratic process would greatly benefit from the enactment of an established limit. Serving as a member of Congress should not be idealized as a career choice, rather one should serve with the desire to create a change in policy and dismiss himself when that change is seen through. The pros to instituting a term limit on Congressional members far outweigh the cons because the primary goal of both the House of…

In this article, Presidential candidate, Donald Trump’s views on congressional term limits are made known. Trump has publicly announced that he would like to give a limit for both sections of Congress. He would like to make the House of Representatives have a 3 term limit of 2 years each and the Senate with a length of 2- 6 year terms. He voices his reasoning on the topic, saying that it will end government corruption if we have a change and that it would put an end to the “economic stagnation”…

According to Govtrack.us, Congress has shut down 28, 537 bills related to term limits dating back to 1973. This does not come as a surprise because those who hold power are very reluctant to relinquish that power. Congress has become extremely alienated from the people. What once was supposed to be known as the people’s Congress has turned into chambers filled with career politicians. A Congress filled with politicians who focus on campaigning and are more concerned with politics instead of…