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Our Mission: TERM LIMITS for CONGRESS! 
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Your Support Is Necessary!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is an amendment really necessary?
Yes. The 1995 ruling by the Supreme Court in Term Limits vs. Thornton, whether a correct decision or not, declared that states do not have the right to limit their own senators or congressmen.
Doesn't Congress have to initiate and agree to the process?
No. Article V provides for an alternative solution whereby the process begins with the states.
Won't opening up the Constitution to revision risk it being changed completely?
No. The delegates chosen could in fact rewrite the entire Constitution in such a fashion that even the Chinese might want to adopt it, however it still must be approved by three fourths of the states and that would be highly unlikely.
Aren't elections a form of term limits?
No. Senators and Congressmen can be re-elected for as long as they are alive or nearly alive.
I like my representative, why can't I keep voting for him or her?
There may be representatives capable of providing good leadership for more than a temporary period of time. The cost of allowing them to do so is the mess we currently are dealing with.
Doesn't it take time to "learn the ropes" due to the complex nature of government?
Yes. The more complex government becomes, the more difficult it is to control it. At some point we no longer control it because it controls us.
Isn't it a right to elect whomever I want?
No. There are numerous restrictions on who can be chosen and how many times for many elected offices.
Is an amendment really necessary?
Yes. The 1995 ruling by the Supreme Court in Term Limits vs. Thornton, whether a correct decision or not, declared that states do not have the right to limit their own senators or congressmen.
Doesn't Congress have to initiate and agree to the process?
No. Article V provides for an alternative solution whereby the process begins with the states.
Won't opening up the Constitution to revision risk it being changed completely?
No. The delegates chosen could in fact rewrite the entire Constitution in such a fashion that even the Chinese might want to adopt it, however it still must be approved by three fourths of the states and that would be highly unlikely.
Aren't elections a form of term limits?
No. Senators and Congressmen can be re-elected for as long as they are alive or nearly alive.
I like my representative, why can't I keep voting for him or her?
There may be representatives capable of providing good leadership for more than a temporary period of time. The cost of allowing them to do so is the mess we currently are dealing with.
Doesn't it take time to "learn the ropes" due to the complex nature of government?
Yes. The more complex government becomes, the more difficult it is to control it. At some point we no longer control it because it controls us.
Isn't it a right to elect whomever I want?
No. There are numerous restrictions on who can be chosen and how many times for many elected offices.