Term Limits

Citizens for Term Limit Awareness - Supports term limits in the US Congress in order to alleviate career politicians. Includes position statement, articles on term limits, and historic quotes.

OligarchyUSA - OligarchyUSA.com describes the real nature of the world we live in... and how we must change it to restore effective democracy. Book Title: The Case For A One-Term Presidency.

Real Term Limits: Now More than Ever - Presents arguments for term limits and rebuffs several anti-term limit arguments.

Support Term Limits for Congress - Provides a way to contact your representative about supporting term limits for Congress.

Term Limits in Politics - Short argument against term limits.

U. S. Term Limits - National activist organization which asks candidates for the U.S. Congress to sign a pledge limiting themselves to no more than three terms in the House or two terms in the Senate. [Relies on imagemaps for navigation.]

U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995). - This case explains why it is unconstitutional for a state law to require term limits for US Congressional representatives.

What Term Limits Do That Ordinary Voting Cannot - This article contests the argument that we have term limits in the form of elections.

Why I oppose Term Limits - Site examines arguments against term limits and provides alternatives to term limits.

Term limits prevailing (St. Petersburg Times) - Tampa mayor falls victim to term limits when voters reject an act repealing the law. (Election 2000 coverage.) (November 8, 2000)

Missouri Term Limits Ballot Measure goes to U.S. Supreme Court (CNN.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a Missouri law that requires notices on ballots that identify candidates who do not support term limits. (November 3, 2000)

Term Limits Take Effect (Washington Post) - Report on Term limit movements across the country, on a state and national level. (March 5, 1999)

Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report - Chart showing when state legislature term limits will go into effect. (June 2, 1998)