Beto O'Rourke Wants Term Limits For Congress And The Supreme Court

[brooklynite]

Buzzfeed

Beto O’Rourke said that as president he would push for a Constitutional amendment to create term limits for senators, representatives and Supreme Court justices, part of a sweeping voting rights and government reform plan released Wednesday that highlights fault lines in the Democratic field.

As part of the platform, O’Rourke would also restore the ability to vote to felons who have served their sentences and push for a wishlist of other Democratic voting rights priorities — including making Election Day a national holiday and cracking down on gerrymandering and voter ID laws.

It would not give voting rights to prisoners currently serving their sentences — an issue that has divided Democratic presidential contenders, with some, like Sen. Bernie Sanders, arguing those rights should never be stripped from citizens. In response to questions about the plan, O’Rourke’s campaign said he would as president sign a bill now stalled in Congress that would restore voting rights in federal elections to formerly incarcerated people.

Any changes to term limits would require a Constitutional amendment — a steep task in any political climate. O’Rourke said Wednesday that he would limit members of Congress to serving 12 years, and create 18-year Supreme Court terms.

[Indygram]

1. It's part of his new Voting Rights Plan

https://betoorourke.com/votingrights/

[Iliyah]

2. This I do support!

[brooklynite]

3. Term Limits presents its own set of issues...

You are then reliant on unelected Committee Staff for institutional memory.

[LanternWaste]

9. No doubt the same argument was alleged and presented in 1947.

[brooklynite]

10. No - President is a different category

A President-Elect brings in an entire pool of personal ddvisors, Cabinet officers, etc.

[aeromanKC]

4. End gerrymandering and voter suppression

Term limits would still leave us with these two anti-Democratic measures.

[Indygram]

5. It's part of his new Voting Rights Plan

https://betoorourke.com/votingrights/

[essadaw]

6. Stopping gerrymandering and combating voter suppression is ialso ncluded also in the plan

This plan will:
To achieve that, we'll:
✅Stop gerrymandering
✅Ban PAC contributions
✅Expand the Voting Rights Act
✅Prevent draconian voter ID laws
✅Make election day a federal holiday
✅Enact same day & automatic registration
✅Prevent members of congress from ever becoming lobbyists

[left-of-center2012]

7. "would require a Constitutional amendment"

Good luck with that.

Last one passed 27 years ago.

[JI7]

8. bad idea

didn't work well in California