Term Limits Movement in which states term limit types history

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Term Limits Movement - in which states?- term
limit (types)- historyGovernors
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see handout!
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• HISTORY
• Presidential term limits?
• Proposed in 1947 / passed in 1951
• Congressional term limits?
• U.S. House banking post office scandals!
• THRO Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out
• catalyst for state laws (ALL passed 1990-2000)

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WHY Term Limits? what similarities do you see
in STATES with T.L.? back to map pros and
cons???
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WHY Term Limits? what similarities do you see
in STATES with T.L.? reasons for passage
INITIATIVE STATES! Voters like idea (in
theory) Merit over seniority Citizen
legislature anti-incumbency Fresh
thinking/new ideas! Conservatives less big
govt (?)
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• Recent Reversals!
• 6 states have repealed laws
• ID, OR, MA, UT, WA, WY
• 4 by court ruling / 2 by legislature
• Proposed in 1947 / passed in 1951
• but
• WHY?

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Recent Reversals! WHY? Only 1 legislature
imposed on itself LA Most legislatures look
for ways to kill T.L. Loss of institutional
expertise Loss of institutional
memory ? efficiency??? Increase in
interest group power! Loss of voters choices
on ballot!
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• Federal Term Limits?
• USTL v. Thornton (1995)
• AR limited U.S. House terms 6yr, Senate
  12yr?
• Cook v. Gralike (2001)
• MO inititative brands House candidates ON
  BALLOTwith position support/opposition on term
  limits???

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• Federal Term Limits?
• USTL v. Thornton (1995)
• AR limited U.S. House terms 6yr, Senate
  12yr
• U.S. Supreme Court strikes it down 5 to 4
• Constitution gives FED govt this power
• Founders debated this terms are fixed
• Handicaps good candidates write-in?
• Cook v. Gralike (2001)
• MO inititative brands House candidates ON
  BALLOTwith position support/opposition on term
  limits
• U.S. Supreme Court struck it down UNAMIMOUSLY
• - state power manner of elections this
  doesnt fit
• need U.S. Constitutional amendment if
  limiting Congress!

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GOVERNORS

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