U.S. Term Limits Explained

U.S. Term Limits
Founding Location:Washington D.C.[1]
Area Served:United States

U.S. Term Limits (USTL) is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to enacting term limits for elected officials at every level of government in the United States. It was founded in 1992, and claims to have helped facilitate more than 500 successful term limits initiatives at various levels of government.[2]

Among other activities, USTL supports statewide ballot initiatives to impose term limits. In the early 1990s, USTL organized grassroots campaigns that placed term limits on the congressional delegations of 23 states. These were overturned as unconstitutional in 1995 by the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision in U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton.

U.S. Term Limits is promoting a convention to propose amendments under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, focused specifically on a term limits amendment.[3] [4] [5] Resolutions calling for such a convention have been passed by the state legislatures of Florida,[6] Alabama,[7] Missouri,[8] West Virginia,[9] Wisconsin,[10] Oklahoma, [11] Tennessee,[12] and Louisiana[13] This is about 24% of the 34 states required to call for a convention.

Additionally, resolutions have been passed by the North Carolina House of Representatives[14] and the Indiana House of Representatives[15] However, the resolutions need to be passed by both houses of the state legislatures.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blumel . Philip . About Us . US Term Limits . 16 April 2024.
  2. Web site: The Term Limits Convention Handbook For Lawmakers . Term Limits . 2019-10-13.
  3. Web site: U.S. Term Limits Launches Article V Convention Effort . www.termlimits.org. 2016-04-01.
  4. Web site: Bob Bezotte Pledges To Support Congressional Term Limits. 2021-03-04. whmi.com.
  5. Web site: 3rd candidate in 27th District supports term limits on Congress. 2021-03-04. Niagara Frontier Publications.
  6. Web site: Florida House of Representatives - HM 417 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits. www.myfloridahouse.gov. 2016-04-01.
  7. Web site: Alabama Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution. ALISON . 2018-01-25.
  8. Web site: Missouri General Assembly Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution. www.senate.mo.gov. 2018-05-17.
  9. Web site: West Virginia Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution. WV Legislature . 2020-01-21.
  10. Web site: Wisconsin State Legislature Passes SJR 102 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits. Wisconsin Legislature . 2022-02-28.
  11. Web site: Oklahoma State Legislature Passes HJR 1032 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits. Oklahoma State Legislature . 2023-04-20.
  12. Web site: Tennessee General Assembly Legislation . Tennessee State Legislature. 2024-04-13 .
  13. Web site: Louisiana State Legislature Passes SCR2 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits . Legiscan . 29 May 2024.
  14. Web site: North Carolina Passes H151 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits. NC General Assembly . 16 April 2024.
  15. Web site: Indiana House of Representatives passes HJR3 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits. Indiana General Assembly . 16 April 2024.

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