Term Limits:
This paper is for data collection. Comment below the answers to these questions or submit your ideas.
Should Congress have Term Limits
If yes, what would the term limits be?
- Limits for the House?
- Limits for the Senate?
- Limits for the Supreme Court?
Should there be cognitive limits?
If yes, how would we test it, what would the standard be?
- Should people be required to take a cognitive test to qualify to run for office?
- How do we make sure that we are only testing cognition and not intelligence?
- How do we ensure it is administered fairly, unbiased, and based on science?
Common Objections
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Founding principles was such that maintaining favor with your constituency was in effect the term limit.
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The incentives to work for the people are diminished if at end of term.
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Those terming out begin to lose influence, thus diminishing their positions of power.