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Term limits appear to be more popular than expanding the court: Among respondents to a Morning Consult/Politico poll, 66% favored term limits for justices versus 21% against them, while only 45% ...
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 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.
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 ...
But interest in a third term for Grant evaporated in the light of negative public opinion and opposition from members of Congress, and Grant left the presidency in 1877 after two terms. Even so, as the 1880 election approached, he sought nomination for a (non-consecutive) third term at the 1880 Republican National Convention , but narrowly lost ...
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.
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he's willing to accept term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices if there are also term limits for members of Congress.
1 Pros and cons. 4 comments. 2 What? "In June 1776, the Continental Congress" 1 comment. 3 File: ... 4 Good Behaviour (with a u) 1 comment. 5 Proposed term limits. 1 ...