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Bookmark or Share- Twenty-second Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe Twenty-second Amendment was a reaction to Franklin D. Roosevelt's election to an unprecedented four terms as president, but presidential term limits had long been debated in American politics. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 considered the issue extensively (alongside broader questions, such as who would elect the president, and the president's role).
- Why term limits for Congress face a challenging constitutional pathDuring the 1990s a key Supreme Court decision shut down one proposed path to term limits on Congress: action taken by the states to place their own qualifications on their members of the Senate and House.
- Term limit - WikipediaA term limit is a legal restriction on the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. When term limits are found in presidential and semi-presidential systems they act as a method of curbing the potential for monopoly, where a leader effectively becomes "president for life".
- Term limits in the United States - WikipediaTerm limits at the federal level are restricted to the executive branch and some agencies. Judicial appointments at the federal level are made for life and are not subject to election or to term limits. The U.S. Congress remains (since the Thornton decision of 1995) without electoral limits.
- Congressional Term Limits – U.S. Constitution.netImplementing congressional term limits poses significant constitutional challenges. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton established that only a constitutional amendment could enable such limits, nullifying state-imposed restrictions.
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