Fri 16 Feb 1996
Congressional Term Limits
Posted by Dennis Polhill under Term Limits
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Golden Transcript, February 16, 1996
Congressional Term Limits
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The PROBLEM: Career Politicians
· Congressional careerism has undermined representative democracy.
· The conflict of interest is clear: Congress will not impose term limits on itself.
· The U.S Supreme Court has ruled that amending to the U.S. Constitution is necessary to achieve congressional term limits.
· The will of the people to implement congressional term limits has been systemically frustrated by political insiders.
The SOLUTION: The Congressional Term Limits Amendment (CTLA)
· Instructs legislators to vote for term limits.
· Punishes legislators who refuse to abide by the will of the people by printing their refusal on election ballots.
· Specifies the precise constitutional amendment that must be approved.
· Requires state legislators to apply to Congress to call a “Term Limits Amendment Proposing Convention.”
· Requires members of the Colorado Congressional Delegation to vote in favor of the CTLA until it is referred to the states for ratification.
· Requires that state legislators vote to ratify only the CTLA as exactly written.
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Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution concerning congressional term limits, and, in connection therewith, specifying a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that limits U.S. Senators to two terms, former and incumbent U.S. Senators to one additional term, U.S. Representatives to three terms, and former and incumbent U.S. Representatives to two additional terms; Instructing Colorado’s State Senators and Representatives to vote to apply for an Amendment-Proposing Convention; Instructing Colorado’s U.S. Senators and Representatives to pass said term limits amendment; Requiring that all election ballots have “Disregarded Voter Instruction On Term Limits” next to the name of an incumbent U.S. Senator or Representative or Incumbent State Senator or Representative when such a Senator or Representative fails to take specific actions in support of said term limits amendment; Providing that non-incumbent candidates for U.S. and State Senator and Representative be given an opportunity to take a pledge in support of said term limits amendment; Requiring that primary and general election ballots have “Declined To Take Pledge To Support Term Limits” next to the name of a non-incumbent candidate who has not signed such pledge; Authorizing the Secretary of State to determine whether the terms of this amendment have been complied with and whether such designations should appear on the ballot; And allowing any, legal challenge to this amendment to be filed with the Supreme Court of Colorado as an original action?
Dennis Polhill. Treasurer