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Argumentative Essay # 21874
Term Limits
This paper argues against limiting legislators' terms: Pros and cons, political and legal issues, public view and as campaign issue.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
7 sources |
1995
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"The term limits movement is a political movement which arose in the early 1990s with the avowed intent of limiting members of state legislatures and Congress to a fixed maximum time of service in a given body, after which they would no longer be eligible for reelection. By 1995, 23 states had enacted measures limiting terms for their members of Congress, and still more had limited terms of state legislators. However, on May 27, 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all laws limiting terms for Congress, ruling that congressional terms could only be limited by a Constitutional amendment. Term limit laws applying to state legislatures were not affected by this ruling.Popular support for term limits has been part of a broader discontent with the political process, a discontent which also ... "
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"Term Limits" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Argumentative-Essay-Term-Limits/21874>
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