All Posts Need Term Limits
December 3, 2016 at 4:56 a.m.
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Voters can take a major step in changing the culture in Washington, D.C., by enacting term limits for all three branches of government through the means of a constitutional amendment, which would help increase rotation of office and break up the entrenched power culture in D.C.
First, the office of the president should be limited to one four-year term or either a term of five or six years at the most instead of the current two four-year terms. Second, anyone serving in the House of Representatives should be limited to six two-year terms at the most, while those serving in the Senate should be limited to either two or three six-year terms. Finally, Supreme Court justices should be limited to a term of at least 10 years or 20 years at the most, or somewhere in between, instead of the current lifetime appointments.
Until such an amendment is passed, members of these three branches of government in the meantime can take inspiration from George Washington, who established the precedent of two terms in office for those serving as president by voluntarily adhering to the prescribed limits listed in the above paragraph.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
Voters can take a major step in changing the culture in Washington, D.C., by enacting term limits for all three branches of government through the means of a constitutional amendment, which would help increase rotation of office and break up the entrenched power culture in D.C.
First, the office of the president should be limited to one four-year term or either a term of five or six years at the most instead of the current two four-year terms. Second, anyone serving in the House of Representatives should be limited to six two-year terms at the most, while those serving in the Senate should be limited to either two or three six-year terms. Finally, Supreme Court justices should be limited to a term of at least 10 years or 20 years at the most, or somewhere in between, instead of the current lifetime appointments.
Until such an amendment is passed, members of these three branches of government in the meantime can take inspiration from George Washington, who established the precedent of two terms in office for those serving as president by voluntarily adhering to the prescribed limits listed in the above paragraph.
Alexander Houze
Leesburg
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