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National Conference of State Legislators
A table that represents the 15 states that currently have term limits for legislators. They are ordered by the year of term limits' impact - the first year in which incumbents who were serving when the term limits measure was passed are no longer eligible to run for re-election. At the bottom of the page is a table of states that had term limits in the past but no longer do (due to legislative or court action).
Cornell University Law School
A page from the CRS Annotated Constitution prepared by the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress and published electronically by Cornell University Law School.
Washingtonpost.com
Are career politicians bad for the country? Proponents of term limits think so, and 18 states have passed laws automatically forcing longtime legislators out of office - even if voters want to reelect them.
Snopes.com
There is a proposal to repeal the 22nd Amendment in order to permit Barrack Obama to serve more than two terms that is passed around on the internet. It's true and it's not the first time the legislation has been introduced.
ThisIsCommonSense.com - by Paul Jacob
Politicians do pay a price when they break a term limits pledge: No pledge breaker has ever been elected to higher office.
