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To: cotton1706
Why, Oh Why did the founders not put term limits in the Constitution?!
40 posted on 10/05/2022 4:28:03 PM PDT by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish)
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To: Chuckster
The Constitutional Convention considered it but decided against it. The convention delegates believed that there was a need for "institutional memory" for purposes of government continuity.
41 posted on 10/05/2022 4:30:03 PM PDT by Publius
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