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What the heck...

Nobody here knows term limits isn’t going to happen...?

Term limits was ALREADY ruled unconstitutional by SCOTUS...

U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton

“States cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those specified in the Constitution.”

Love Trumps idea, but does anyone think Congress will vote on a constitutional amendment to limit themselves to the goose that laid the golden egg...?


80 posted on 10/18/2016 4:16:57 PM PDT by Popman
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Congress doesn’t vote on constitutional amendments.


81 posted on 10/18/2016 4:18:12 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Love Trumps idea, but does anyone think Congress will vote on a coVVnstitutional amendment to limit themselves to the goose that laid the golden egg...?

That's why we need an Article V convention. Congress would have no say in any amendments produced by a Convention of the States.

83 posted on 10/18/2016 4:28:54 PM PDT by okie01
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Love Trumps idea, but does anyone think Congress will vote on a coVVnstitutional amendment to limit themselves to the goose that laid the golden egg...?

That's why we need an Article V convention. Congress would have no say in any amendments produced by a Convention of the States.

84 posted on 10/18/2016 4:29:08 PM PDT by okie01
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Love Trumps idea, but does anyone think Congress will vote on a coVVnstitutional amendment to limit themselves to the goose that laid the golden egg...?

That's why we need an Article V convention. Congress would have no say in any amendments produced by a Convention of the States.

85 posted on 10/18/2016 4:29:08 PM PDT by okie01
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The SCOTUS ruling you are referring to is where the states limit the terms. If it is a constitutional amendment its in the constitution therefore constitutional!


95 posted on 10/18/2016 4:57:07 PM PDT by Reily
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Don’t need Congress for a constitutional amendment. Read Article V of the Constitution.

Also SCOTUS would have to go along with a new constitutional amendment addressing term limits.

As long as such a new amendment is written clearly enough, SCOTUS cannot rule the Constitution as unconstitutional. Well, they could I guess but enough of us would have images of several dangling Ceaucescus on the Mall.


103 posted on 10/18/2016 6:19:49 PM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V):)
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