A good thought, but what about the horde of utterly unaccountable career “civil servants”?
I submit that they present a far greater danger than lifelong congresscritters. For example, who outside of Southern California would know about Adam Schiff if it were not for James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, Bruce Ohr, Andrew McCabe, etc?
Placing additional restrictions on the constitutionally prescribed parts of our government while doing nothing to contain the morass of the administrative state will just tip the balance of power further to the bureaucrats.
I’d rather see Federal employment be term-limited before constitutional offices.
I’m a federal employee who has served under every President since Clinton. The work is the same—we implement whatever the White House wants, which changes a bit over the years and depending on the party in power, but not by much.
It’s generally the “my boss’ goals are my goals” mentality like any other employer (I know there were some exceptions and some entire agencies tried to resist Trump’s appointees), but I don’t think the bureaucracy presents as much of a danger as you think. Staff who resist new directives—whether from Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, or Biden—don’t and won’t get promoted.