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False: The 1787 convention was called solely to amend the Articles of Confederation, and it ran away. They’ll do it again. Those who oppose a convention inaccurately claim that the Philadelphia Convention was called by the Continental Congress solely to propose amendments to the Articles of Confederation, which required unanimous approval of the states, and
by Nick Tomboulides If you’ve read any anti-term limits editorials lately, you’re probably familiar with the remarkable claim that lobbyists love term limits. After studying dozens of these articles published in various states over the past few months, here’s what I’ve noticed: The claim is repeated in every commentary against state term limits. The claim
by Stacey Selleck Myth Term limits empower unelected bureaucrats. Reality Shortened political horizons created by term limits actually reduce the power of bureaucrats by increasing the quality of control over them according to research conducted in 2019. In her study, “Constraining Bureaucrats Today Knowing You’ll Be Gone Tomorrow: The Effect of Legislative Term Limits on
By Nick Tomboulides “How can you expect Congress to vote for term limits on itself? That’ll never happen!” But it already has. In 1995, the House of Representatives voted 227-204 in favor of a constitutional amendment limiting its own terms and those of U.S. Senators. The bill didn’t pass because, while it received a pure majority,
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
