Coming to Terms With Term Limits

The issue is term limits. When people first began making a case for them, I was completely opposed. I felt that if the voters were happy with their elected officials, it was only right they be free to keep re-electing them. I have completely reversed my position. For one thing, I have come to believe that incumbents have far too great an advantage over their challengers. These days, I don’t want any of them -- even those few I actually approve of -- staying in office for more than a few years. I also don’t want them to be allowed to run for some other office.

Voters elect the politicians who promise them the most. Politicians pander to the voters to get elected and re-elected. A Constitutional amendment to limit Congress and the President to one term in office should also include a limit on the terms of Supreme Court Justices to a few years instead of life.