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Topia!: Society: Politics: Campaigns and Elections: Election Reform: Term Limits (20)
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.] Congress for Life? - Discusses the problem of careerism in Congress and a case for term limits. Support Term Limits for Congress - Provides a way to contact your representative about supporting term limits for Congress. 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. Term Limits in Politics - Short argument against term limits. Why I oppose Term Limits - Site examines arguments against term limits and provides alternatives to term limits. Civic Values - Mailing list debate about term limits. 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. Reform Party Platform: Term Limits - Discribes the third party's official stance on Term Limits. Term Limits Temptation (The New American) - An extensive collection of arguments against term limits. Decrys term limits as "wholesale restructuring of our federal system." Term Limits Take Effect (Washington Post) - Report on Term limit movements across the country, on a state and national level. Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report - Chart showing when state legislature term limits will go into effect. 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. Oregon Term Limits - Site presents a history of Term Limits in Oregon, political cartoons and links. Term limits prevailing (St. Petersburg Times) - Tampa mayor falls victim to term limits when voters reject an act repealing the law. (Election 2000 coverage.) 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] Worth Repeating (The New American) - Quotes from the Founding Fathers against term limits. What Term Limits Do That Ordinary Voting Cannot - This article contests the argument that we have term limits in the form of elections. Are Term Limits Working? - Article on the effects of current term limit laws at the state level in the United States. By Bob Bucher of the Independence Institute.
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