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U.S. Term Limits claimed that Amendment 73 was "a permissible exercise of state power under the Elections Clause". [1] Both the trial court and the Arkansas Supreme Court agreed with Hill, declaring Amendment 73 unconstitutional. [2]
The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two terms, and sets additional eligibility conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors. [1]
It was an open question whether states had the constitutional authority to enact these limits. In May 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), that states cannot impose term limits upon their federal representatives or senators.
But term limits for Supreme Court justices would require a constitutional amendment. Article III, section 1 of the Constitution says: “The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall ...
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (I) and Vermont Sen. Peter Welch (D) have introduced a resolution to impose 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices, which would require some turnover on the ...
President Biden on Monday will propose term limits for Supreme Court justices and a constitutional amendment to counteract their recent presidential immunity decision, according to a White House ...
Impose Congressional term limits; Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment, returning the election of Senators to state legislatures; Impose term limits for Supreme Court Justices and restrict judicial review; Require a balanced budget and limit federal spending and taxation; Define a deadline to file taxes (one day before the next federal election)
President Joe Biden on Monday proposed sweeping changes to the U.S. Supreme Court, including term limits and a binding code of conduct for its nine justices, but opposition from Republicans in ...