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Should Congress have term limits?

Should U.S. Congress & Senate have term limits?

  • No. Let them serve as long as both they choose and as long as they can win re-election.

    Votes: 11 40.7%

  • Yes. 1 term limit per office, lifetime. (2 yrs for Congress, 6 yrs for Senate).

    Votes: 2 7.4%

  • Yes. 1 consecutive term limit per office (1 term at a time, even if completing an unexpired term)

    Votes: 2 7.4%

  • Yes. But I believe this is how many terms should be the limit. (Please specify)

    Votes: 12 44.4%
  • Total voters
    27
jamesrage said:
If it is in their interests.



Beholden to other elected officials makes you on equal par with them?


They were not in two sets of hands before the 17th amendment. How could they be when you are arguing that instead of being answerable to the people they would be answerable to the state legislators?
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how is it in their interest?......the house is a collective body of individual interest of the people.

the senate is not a collective body, and its interest is maintaining its powers........because it has no authority under the Constitution to appropriate money to create things.

on par means both chambers are equal, one in not over another to tell, dictate, or advise.

yes there are two sets of hands,...the house of the people, directly elected by them, a democratic vote........the senate directly elected by the state legislatures, a NON democratic vote......power is split.
 
Hard Truth said:
No, but there should not be rewards for seniority. Seniority rules require that the voters keep re-electing the incumbent or they lose their power and privilege. The level of services a district receives should be based on how many times they have re-elected their representative.
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Correction to typo: The level of services a district receives should not be based on how many times they have re-elected their representative.
 
SocialDemocrat said:
Where we do need term limits is the Supreme Court. Politicization of the court needs to end so that the court is a genuinely fair interpreter of the constitution, independent of lobbying or popular opinion. This differs from congressional term limits in that the people already have little to no say as to who is appointed to the court. .
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I strongly disagree. Term limits for Supreme Court justices would increase the likelihood that they would make decisions favorable to the president and senate that appoints or approves them rather than the best decision. The life time terms make them relatively immune to lobbying and political pressure.
 
Hard Truth said:
I strongly disagree. Term limits for Supreme Court justices would increase the likelihood that they would make decisions favorable to the president and senate that appoints or approves them rather than the best decision. The life time terms make them relatively immune to lobbying and political pressure.
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Well I would support the set limit being extended past the term of one president or congressional session, (16 years) and one justice's term would expire every two years to prevent an administration or congress from controlling the Supreme Court.
 
Hard Truth said:
I strongly disagree. Term limits for Supreme Court justices would increase the likelihood that they would make decisions favorable to the president and senate that appoints or approves them rather than the best decision. The life time terms make them relatively immune to lobbying and political pressure.
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This has a certain element of truth. It makes me wonder if electing a congress(wo)man would be best as a lifetime or till retirement also.
 
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