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By Nick Tomboulides Imagine doing a study on whether the houses of the three little pigs need reinforcement, and asking the Big Bad Wolf for his take on the matter. Ridiculous as that may sound, it’s precisely how many anti-term limits “studies” are conducted. Take a
by Philip Blumel Today I received a question in the mailbag from a term limits supporter. “Does a three-term limit mean three terms total, or three consecutive terms? Can a legislator come back after sitting out a term?” U.S. Term Limits supports both consecutive and lifetime term limits,
by Nick Tomboulides Click here to sign the pledge to term limit Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been in office for 29 years. He has been named one of the “Most Corrupt” members of Congress four times by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, including in 2013. McConnell has
by Nick Tomboulides One of the questions I’m asked most often is: “What can I do personally to move the term limits effort forward?” Signing the USTL petition is important; as is asking your legislators to sign our term limits amendment pledge. But another very effective tool for activists is the letter to the editor.
Help us deliver one million signatures to the Congress in support of a term limits constitutional amendment. Click HERE to sign the petition today. This is one you have to hear to believe. Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), who has served as the congressman from Virginia’s 8th district since 1991, told a Roll Call reporter yesterday that “members
By Nicolas Tomboulides “We have term limits. They’re called elections!” I’m sure you’ve heard it before. When stale incumbents are confronted with the idea of term limits, they love to trot out this one-liner and accuse term limits supporters of hating democracy. We’re told that elections alone will solve all of government’s ills, if we
By Nick Tomboulides In January, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University released its 2014 state fiscal health rankings. This seemed like an excellent opportunity to test the old cliches put forth by opponents of term limits — about inexperienced public officials supposedly running term-limited states into the ground. The study shows that the exact opposite is
by Philip Blumel, U.S. Term Limits President In Sunday’s Gainesville Sun, I make the case in an op-ed that Rep. Keith Perry’s (R-Gainesville) bill to weaken Florida term limits from eight to 12 years is an effort to benefit legislators at the expense of citizens. “The results during Florida’s term limits era have been good. Legislatures are like
by Philip Blumel Oklahoma was one of the earliest bastions of term limits – boasting the first successful statewide initiative to limit state legislators’ terms – and in light of experience term limits have only grown more popular there. Since that 1990 initiative there have been others, notably a 2010 vote to limit the governor
by Nicolas Tomboulides When I read Professor Jonathan Zimmerman’s critique of the 22nd amendment in the Washington Post, I was surprised to find myself in agreement with him on so many of the practical effects of presidential term limits. Where we diverge, though, is his belief that these effects are in need of a remedy. He first
