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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
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.”
29 Οκτ 2023 · That means congressional term limits might have to pass through a constitutional amendment, which is an exceedingly more difficult hurdle to clear.
3 Σεπ 2024 · The Court ruled that states cannot impose additional qualifications or restrictions, such as term limits, on members of Congress beyond those outlined in the U.S. Constitution. This decision places the responsibility of imposing term limits squarely on the constitutional amendment process.
In 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, limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
TERM LIMITS: HISTORY, DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION. HARRy H. WELLINGTON*. The Supreme Court's 1994 October Term produced a number of major constitutional decisions; decisions that were often, but not always, by the narrowest of majorities.
