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Essay Archive - Term Limits For Legislators
Term Limits For Legislators
When the Constitution of the United States was adopted in 1789, it was
without direction regarding term limits for legislators. At the time,
professional politicians were unheard of, and the idea of someone serving for
more than one or two terms was unlikely. So the Constitution did not formally
address the issue of term limits, although it was understood that officeholders
would limit themselves to one or two terms and then return to private life (1).
With the advent of the modern state, however, came the making of Congress as a
career, and thus the ....
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