Term Limits

Term Limits refer to the practice of limiting the length of time politicians can serve in office.

Real Term Limits: Now More than Ever - Presents arguments for term limits and rebuffs several anti-term limit arguments.
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U. S. Term Limits - National activist organization which asks candidates for the U.S. Congress to sign a pledge limiting themselves to no more than three terms in the House or two terms in the Senate. [Relies on imagemaps for navigation.]
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Congress for Life? - Discusses the problem of careerism in Congress and a case for term limits.
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Support Term Limits for Congress - Provides a way to contact your representative about supporting term limits for Congress.
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Citizens for Term Limit Awareness - Supports term limits in the US Congress in order to alleviate career politicians. Includes position statement, articles on term limits, and historic quotes.
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Term Limits in Politics - Short argument against term limits.
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Why I oppose Term Limits - Site examines arguments against term limits and provides alternatives to term limits.
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U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995). - This case explains why it is unconstitutional for a state law to require term limits for US Congressional representatives.
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Reform Party Platform: Term Limits - Discribes the third party's official stance on Term Limits.
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Term Limits Temptation (The New American) - An extensive collection of arguments against term limits. Decrys term limits as "wholesale restructuring of our federal system."
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Term Limits Take Effect (Washington Post) - Report on Term limit movements across the country, on a state and national level.
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Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report - Chart showing when state legislature term limits will go into effect.
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Missouri Term Limits Ballot Measure goes to U.S. Supreme Court (CNN.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a Missouri law that requires notices on ballots that identify candidates who do not support term limits.
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Oregon Term Limits - Site presents a history of Term Limits in Oregon, political cartoons and links.
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Term limits prevailing (St. Petersburg Times) - Tampa mayor falls victim to term limits when voters reject an act repealing the law. (Election 2000 coverage.)
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Voters Reject Legislator Term Limits (USA Today) - Mississippi became the first state Tuesday to refuse to impose term limits on its legislators, four years after voters rejected similar restrictions for all state elected officials. [election 99 coverage]
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Worth Repeating (The New American) - Quotes from the Founding Fathers against term limits.
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What Term Limits Do That Ordinary Voting Cannot - This article contests the argument that we have term limits in the form of elections.
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OligarchyUSA - OligarchyUSA.com describes the real nature of the world we live in... and how we must change it to restore effective democracy. Book Title: The Case For A One-Term Presidency.
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