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Term Limits refer to the practice of limiting the length of time politicians can serve in office.
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Real Term Limits: Now More than Ever

Presents arguments for term limits and rebuffs several anti-term limit arguments.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-221.html

U. S. Term Limits

National activist organization which asks candidates for the U.S. Congress to sign a pledge limiting themselves to no more than three terms in the House or two terms in the Senate. [Relies on imagemaps for navigation.]
http://www.termlimits.org/

Support Term Limits for Congress

Provides a way to contact your representative about supporting term limits for Congress.
http://www.citizencongress.org/

Citizens for Term Limit Awareness

Supports term limits in the US Congress in order to alleviate career politicians. Includes position statement, articles on term limits, and historic quotes.
http://www.termlimits.com

Term Limits in Politics

Short argument against term limits.
http://dan_pressnell.tripod.com/termlimits.htm

Why I oppose Term Limits

Site examines arguments against term limits and provides alternatives to term limits.
http://www.perkel.com/politics/issues/limits.htm

U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995).

This case explains why it is unconstitutional for a state law to require term limits for US Congressional representatives.
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-1456.ZO.html

Reform Party Platform: Term Limits

Discribes the third party's official stance on Term Limits.
http://reformparty.org/PrinciplesIssues/platform.html#term-limits

Term Limits Temptation (The New American)

An extensive collection of arguments against term limits. Decrys term limits as "wholesale restructuring of our federal system."
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1996/vo12no12/vo12no12_limits.htm

Term Limits Take Effect (Washington Post)

Report on Term limit movements across the country, on a state and national level.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/termlimits/termlimits.htm

Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report

Chart showing when state legislature term limits will go into effect.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/termlimits/chart.htm
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Missouri Term Limits Ballot Measure goes to U.S. Supreme Court (CNN.com)

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a Missouri law that requires notices on ballots that identify candidates who do not support term limits.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/11/03/scotus.termlimits/index.html

Oregon Term Limits

Site presents a history of Term Limits in Oregon, political cartoons and links.
http://www.oregontermlimits.org

Term limits prevailing (St. Petersburg Times)

Tampa mayor falls victim to term limits when voters reject an act repealing the law. (Election 2000 coverage.)
http://www.sptimes.com/News/110800/Election2000/Term_limits_prevailin.shtml

Voters Reject Legislator Term Limits (USA Today)

Mississippi became the first state Tuesday to refuse to impose term limits on its legislators, four years after voters rejected similar restrictions for all state elected officials. [election 99 coverage]
http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote99/v033.htm

Worth Repeating (The New American)

Quotes from the Founding Fathers against term limits.
http://www.thenewamerican.com/departments/quotes/term_limits.htm

What Term Limits Do That Ordinary Voting Cannot

This article contests the argument that we have term limits in the form of elections.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-328es.html

OligarchyUSA

OligarchyUSA.com describes the real nature of the world we live in... and how we must change it to restore effective democracy. Book Title: The Case For A One-Term Presidency.
http://www.OligarchyUSA.com

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