U.S. Term Limits 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 claims to have helped facilitate more than 500 successful term limits initiatives at various levels of government.[1]

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.[2][3][4] Resolutions calling for such a convention have been passed by the state legislatures of Florida,[5] Alabama,[6] Missouri,[7] West Virginia,[8] Wisconsin,[9] and Oklahoma. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "The Term Limits Convention Handbook For Lawmakers" (PDF). Term Limits. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Term Limits Launches Article V Convention Effort". www.termlimits.org. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Bob Bezotte Pledges To Support Congressional Term Limits". whmi.com. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  4. ↑ "3rd candidate in 27th District supports term limits on Congress". Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  5. ↑ "Florida House of Representatives - HM 417 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". www.myfloridahouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Alabama Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution" (PDF). ALISON. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  7. ↑ "Missouri General Assembly Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution". www.senate.mo.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  8. ↑ "West Virginia Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution". WV Legislature. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  9. ↑ "Wisconsin State Legislature Passes SJR 102 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  10. ↑ "Oklahoma State Legislature Passes HJR 1032 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Oklahoma State Legislature. Retrieved 2023-04-20.


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