U.S. Term Limits (USTL) is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to enacting term limits for elected officials at every level of government in the United States. It was founded in 1992, and says it has helped facilitate more than 500 successful term limits initiatives at various levels of government.[2]
| Founded at | Washington D.C.[1] |
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Region served | United States |
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| Website | termlimits.com |
Among other activities, USTL supports statewide ballot initiatives to impose term limits. In the early 1990s, USTL organized grassroots campaigns that placed term limits on the congressional delegations of 23 states. These were overturned as unconstitutional in 1995 by the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision in U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton.
U.S. Term Limits is promoting a convention to propose amendments under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, focused specifically on a term limits amendment.[3][4][5] Resolutions calling for such a convention have been passed by the state legislatures of Florida,[6] Alabama,[7] Missouri,[8] West Virginia,[9] Wisconsin,[10] Oklahoma,[11] Tennessee,[12] Louisiana,[13] North Carolina,[14] South Dakota,[15] Indiana,[16] South Carolina,[17] and Arizona.[18] This is about 14 of the 34 states required to call for a convention.
Additionally, a resolution have been passed by the Georgia State Senate.[19] However, the resolution must be passed by both houses of the state legislature to take effect.
References
edit- ↑ Blumel, Philip. "About Us". US Term Limits. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ↑ "The Term Limits Convention Handbook For Lawmakers" (PDF). Term Limits. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ↑ "U.S. Term Limits Launches Article V Convention Effort". www.termlimits.org. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Bob Bezotte Pledges To Support Congressional Term Limits". whmi.com. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ↑ "3rd candidate in 27th District supports term limits on Congress". Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ↑ "Florida House of Representatives - HM 417 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". www.myfloridahouse.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Alabama Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution" (PDF). ALISON. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Missouri General Assembly Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution". www.senate.mo.gov. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ↑ "West Virginia Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution". WV Legislature. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Legislature Passes SJR 102 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Oklahoma State Legislature Passes HJR 1032 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Oklahoma State Legislature. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Tennessee General Assembly Legislation". Tennessee State Legislature. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ↑ "Louisiana State Legislature Passes SCR2 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Legiscan. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ↑ "North Carolina State Legislature Passes HJR 151 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Legiscan. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ↑ "South Dakota State Legislature passes HJ5002 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits".
- ↑ "Indiana State Legislature Passes SJR21 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Indiana General Assembly. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
- ↑ "South Carolina State Legislature Passes HCR3008 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". SC State House. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Arizona Passes House Concurrent Resolution 2043". Legiscan. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Georgia Senate Passes SR23". Legiscan. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
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