Term limits are something not to be taken lightly as they are apart of political reform and in keeping the government in a constant. It's a movement that has been a streamline for american politics for many many years. It applies to all levels from senators and congressman all the way up to the president himself. The president being the one who receives the most attention when it comes to term limits. People find themselves anticipating the next election in order to possible get someone new to represent the country better on his/her behalf but why is it that someone is only allowed to represent and serve for only 2 terms or 8 years? Is it to avoid someone gaining permanent power or another agenda at stake. I will discuss many reasons for why …show more content…
If a president like the current Donald Trump who is currently suspected of having Russian interference in the 2016 election. The process to find enough evidence and information that could possibly lead to an impeachment could take years, perhaps more than his run in office. The one thing with term limits can do is at least limit the amount of corruption one person could attain. Then again this solution to corruption by way of term limits could in one way or another have the potential to increase corruption. Another negative factor that comes with the idea of term limits lies within the experience necessary to efficiently carry out the duties of a member of President and lead in a mature fashion at that as well. After 2 terms in office the president of the united states is replaced, amateurs as some people may see them who lack the years of experience or someone with the knowledge to get himself in a positive position despite having positive agendas that was gained by their predecessors may fill their position. With an inexperienced persons in power, one can only imagine how much it will weaken the country as a whole, disrupting the balance of powers, and additionally making a country that is already divided over our government even more so.The thing that most people also don't seem to realize is that term limitations reduce the incentives for accountability and …show more content…
Arguments between those who founded and brought up or country were common especially when they were creating the leading role of President. Our forefathers had many ideas about term limitations, some for the limitation and some for no limit, in 1797 the convention voted to have only one term. Many delegates saw that the advantages of re eligibility were powerful, but the issue remained. Could this be considered the opposite of democratic which is what our country was founded on in the first place? Re Eligibility will not only give the nation a way to keep a good president in office, but is also is a way to give those who are running for office a role to follow and to keep the status quo moving along. It Re Eligibility would also give an executive with "ambition" and "avarice" a good motive to be reelected. The issue still remained alive. According to Noah Webster "the president of the United States of America is elective". Our founding fathers had a major goal in mind when making a stable government that was unlike that of the British empire that had ruled for far too long. And that was to make sure that there would never be someone who could possibly rise up to power and make it permanent, or in other words to become a king themselves. Even though term limits were not necessarily even a concept for a future “ruler” just
In the year of 1800, Jefferson ran for the second time averse to former president, John Adams but unlike the previous election, John Adams wins the presidency, Jefferson was able to defeat John Adams. The Adams lost the election due to passing the Alien and Sedition Acts, Considered unconstitutional laws because the Acts took away the first amendment, freedom of speech. Jefferson was a more promising choice as he promised to have a “Republican Revolution”, Jefferson promised to help the yeoman farmer and decrease the Federal debt the United States had at the time period. Jefferson’s presidency was to a certain extent a “Republican Revolution” and to a certain extent it was a Federalist Continuation.
It is clear that Hamilton felt it was necessary for the intellect of the people would become of great significance in choosing a person to whom much trust is being invested as the President of the United States. Furthermore, the writer also wanted to make sure the person chosen as the President of the United States would be well protected during his time in office. Too, Hamilton mentions more important ways to avoid tumult to make sure the process of electing the President was planned thoroughly. Alexander Hamilton points out that it should be several electors from each state in the voting process, although the final vote
Government exists to serve the people, and not the politicians, American citizens know this. Polls show that Americans want term limitation by margins as high as three-to-one, even four-to-one. Congressional term limitation is the most important issue of our time because the future direction of our country depends upon it. There is no other way to restore government to, us, the people. There is no substitute for term limits. There are many second steps, depending upon where you sit, but there is only one first step toward turning the country around. It is con...
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The 22nd Amendment creates a lame duck and which stops abuse of power3. Presidents in their second term have been seen to usually suffer diminished power, particularly after the second midterm elections. This diminish of power creates a lame duck. The president becoming a lame duck, stops him from being able abuse of power. The 22nd Amendment also stops the country from being a monarchy. US. Senators and Congressmen don’t have term limits because their voices are balanced by opposing parties in their chambers, the presidency is different. The president has no similar
Term limits could increase the quality of the Supreme Court nominees. One of the driving factors behind a Supreme Court nominee is their age (Ringhand np). Individuals over 60 years of age are less likely to be appointed. This means presidents intentionally exclude a large number of highly qualified individuals from serving on our nation’s highest court (Ringhand np). Term limits resolve this problem. Furthermore, the threat of a justice’s cognitive decline may be reduced, since there would no longer be a temptation to hold out for a strategically timed retirement.
The 22nd amendment was passed by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the states by 1951. In which this document or amendment limited the terms of the president to two four year terms. It helps limit the power the president can receive and prevent them from getting “king like powers” it from turning into a monarchy.
The farmers of our Constitution recognized the need for separate powers as well as checks and balances among the executive, legislative and judicial branches. This in turn helps to "provide for the common defense". Separation of powers prevents one branch from becoming excessively dominant over the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.: In order to accede to the preamble and adhere in its goals, the Constitution ensures this is by clearly stating the authority of the Congress in Article I Section 8 and the authority of the President in Article II Section 2. These fixed powers in the Constitution clearly state that one cannot act without permission or authorization of another. It is designed to that one cannot take action without consent of the other branch. This is prevalent in Article I Section 7 that states the process of how a law is passed. The fact that there are clear steps to the initiation of a law states the importance of separation of powers so that a single dominant branch does not arise.
When the United States was founded, the theme behind the new government was to establish an efficient system without doling out too much power to any one person. The Founders intended to prevent a rebirth of tyranny, which they had just escaped by breaking away from England. However, when members of Congress such as Tom Foley, who served as a Representative from 1964 through 1995, and Jack Brooks, who served as a Representative from 1952 through 1994, remain in the legislative system for over forty years, it is evident that tyranny has not necessarily been eradicated from the United States (Vance, 1994, p. 429). Term limits are a necessity to uphold the Founders’ intentions, to prevent unfair advantages given to incumbents, and to allow a multitude of additional benefits.
...tion we must ask ourselves is, “Why is it in the best interest of our Country to limit the number of terms our president can serve, but not in our best interest to limit the number of terms served by our Congressional representatives?”
With this many impeachments in the past, not to mention the presidents that resigned before being impeached, this goes to show that Congress really doesnt care if they impeach anybody because they can just find another person. But to us it proves they have too much power because it seems as easy as if they don't like somebody they can just impeach them and move on, but what does that prove? They can just push people around until they find someone to give in and have on their side for their own personal gain. I don't think so, but I think so. We need to be more strict on how Congress can go about impeaching somebody.
According to Linz, term limits in presidentialism force a president to serve a country for a fixed period of time
Richard E. Neustadt, the author of Presidential Power, addresses the politics of leadership and how the citizens of the United States rate the performance of the president's term. We measure his leadership by saying that he is either "weak or "strong" and Neustadt argues that we have the right to do so, because his office has become the focal point of politics and policy in our political system.
...deralists voiced was their dislike of the “four year term with indefinite re-eligibility.” The Constitution called for the President to be elected by the “electoral college” which removed the concern of Congress “controlling” the Executive and the Concern the Executive would appease Congress to be reappointed. The election process would ensure the President was on his best behavior if he desired to be re-elected. By establishing the four year term the Constitution protected the office from becoming a monarchy due to the fact that if a President migrated too much toward monarchical rule they would simply not be re-elected. Another advantage of the four year term with the eligibility of being re-elected was stability, it allowed for the continuation of good Executive policy and the ability to change if the policy was in line with what the electors desired.
It’s all simply to retain power” (Achebe, pars. 9-10). The syllables are. Achebe says that it’s all about staying in control and sustaining political power.... ...