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In the context of the politics of 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, with this being limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution that came into force on February 27, 1951.
No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Bhutanese Parliament, which has an undefined term not exceeding six years. Brunei: Sultan: N/A N/A Crown Prince: No directly set terms; appointed by the Sultan. N/A N/A Prime Minister: No direclty set terms; appointed by the Sultan. Cambodia: King: N/A N/A Prime Minister: No ...
Term limits returned in Medieval Europe through the Novgorod Republic, the Pskov Republic, the Republic of Genoa, and the Republic of Florence. [5] The first modern constitutional term limit was established in the French First Republic by the Constitution of 1795, which established five-year terms to the French Directory and banned consecutive ...
A term of office, electoral term, or parliamentary term is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there is a defined limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to re-election .
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those the Constitution specifies. The decision invalidated 23 states' Congressional term limit provisions.
Aug. 6—HARLINGEN — Voters are going to get a chance to decide whether to set term limits on the mayor's and commissioners' tenures in office. Tense confrontations marked the four-hour meeting ...
U.S. Term Limits (USTL) is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to enacting term limits for elected officials at every level of government in the United States. It was founded in 1992, and claims to have helped facilitate more than 500 successful term limits initiatives at various levels of government.
Pages in category "Term limits" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Term limit; 0–9.