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Term Limits, Both Barrels

The founders feared entrenched power. Were they right?

Congressional approval sits in the basement while incumbents win re-election at rates monarchs would envy. PatriotAi walks through the term-limits debate — the case for rotation in office, the counterarguments, and the constitutional path to making it real.

The case for limits

Career incumbency breeds capture: by donors, by staff, by the permanent city. Ask for the argument from the founders' ideal of citizen-legislators and the modern public-choice evidence.

The honest countercase

Experience matters; term limits can empower lobbyists and bureaucrats who never leave. Ask for the strongest objections and the rebuttals to each.

How it could happen

The Supreme Court closed the state-law route in 1995, so it takes an amendment — ask about Article V, the convention debate, and where the movement stands.

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Frequently asked questions

Why doesn't Congress just pass it?

Asking incumbents to limit incumbency is the whole problem — ask about the Article V convention alternative.

Do states have term limits?

Fifteen states limit their legislators — ask what the results show.

Did the founders support rotation?

Many did — ask what the Articles of Confederation required and why the Constitution went silent.