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U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those the Constitution specifies. The decision invalidated 23 states' Congressional term limit provisions.
(The Center Square) – Republicans in Congress led by US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to impose term limits for members of Congress.
On March 21, the House agreed to the Senate's revisions and approved the resolution to amend the Constitution. Afterward, the amendment imposing term limitations on future presidents was submitted to the states for ratification. The ratification process was completed on February 27, 1951, 3 years, 343 days after it was sent to the states. [19] [20]
In the context of the politics of the United States, term limits restrict the number of terms of office an officeholder may serve. At the federal level, the president of the United States can serve a maximum of two four-year terms, with this being limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution that came into force on February 27, 1951.
The issue of term limits need not be. As recently as 2020, the co-founder of the Federalist Society Steven G. Calabresi called for it as a good government reform. All Americans should be able to ...
This does not make term limits impossible, but it means that a constitutional amendment is required to accomplish them. The process of amending the Constitution is daunting, and has been done only ...
Applying term limits to Congressmen was proposed in the "Citizen Legislature Act" (H.J.Res. 73) during the 104th Congress as an amendment to the Constitution that would limit Congressmen to 6 two-year terms. This act was defeated in the House by a 227–204 margin: the 227 votes in favor were insufficient, as a proposed Constitutional amendment ...
The GOP nominee told supporters on Tuesday he would impose term limits on all members of Congress to help further "drain the swamp" in Washington, D.C.