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Term limits at the federal level are restricted to the executive branch and some agencies. Judicial appointments at the federal level are made for life and are not subject to election or to term limits. The U.S. Congress remains (since the Thornton decision of 1995) without electoral limits.
29 Οκτ 2023 · A Pew Research Center survey this summer found a whopping 87% of Americans say they support congressional term limits.
continue to propose congressional term limits—a change that the Supreme Court in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995) held would require an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This CRS In Focus provides a brief overview of policy and legal issues concerning term limits for Members of Congress. It does not discuss term limits
13 Οκτ 2022 · Term limits are supported by a large majority of American demographic groups: an overwhelming 82% of Americans support a “Term Limits Amendment” for Congress, even crossing major party lines at 89% Republican, 83% Independent, and 76% Democratic, making the issue nonpartisan in itself [4].
10 Μαΐ 2024 · As of June 2023, only 112 of the 435 representatives and 21 of 100 senators pledged to support a congressional term limits amendment. That’s well below the 290 representatives and 67 senators needed for a supermajority to pass such limits. Clearly, our representatives will not self-impose limits on their power.
18 Μαρ 2024 · Recently, Rep. Ralph Norman and Sen. Ted Cruz proposed a congressional term limits amendment in Congress. The proposal limited the terms to six years served in the House and 12 years in the Senate. In September 2023, the House Judiciary committee voted down the resolution in a 19-17 vote.
16 Απρ 2022 · At the federal level, the Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1781, set term limits for delegates to the Continental Congress – the equivalent of the modern Congress – mandating that “no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years.”
