U.S. Term Limits

This article is about the non-profit group. For general information about the topic, see Term limits in the United States.
U.S. Term Limits
Founded atWashington D.C.[1]
Focus
Area served
United States
Methods
Key people
  • Philip Blumel (President)
  • Nick Tomboulides (Executive Director)
Websitetermlimits.com

U.S. Term Limits (USTL) 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.[2]

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.[3][4][5] Resolutions calling for such a convention have been passed by the state legislatures of Florida,[6] Alabama,[7] Missouri,[8] West Virginia,[9] Wisconsin,[10] Oklahoma, [11] Tennessee,[12] and Louisiana[13] This is about 24% of the 34 states required to call for a convention.

Additionally, resolutions have been passed by the North Carolina House of Representatives[14] and the Indiana House of Representatives[15] However, the resolutions need to be passed by both houses of the state legislatures.

  1. ^ Blumel, Philip. "About Us". US Term Limits. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "The Term Limits Convention Handbook For Lawmakers" (PDF). Term Limits. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  3. ^ "U.S. Term Limits Launches Article V Convention Effort". www.termlimits.org. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  4. ^ "Bob Bezotte Pledges To Support Congressional Term Limits". whmi.com. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  5. ^ "3rd candidate in 27th District supports term limits on Congress". Niagara Frontier Publications. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  6. ^ "Florida House of Representatives - HM 417 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". www.myfloridahouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  7. ^ "Alabama Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution" (PDF). ALISON. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  8. ^ "Missouri General Assembly Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution". www.senate.mo.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  9. ^ "West Virginia Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Convention Resolution". WV Legislature. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  10. ^ "Wisconsin State Legislature Passes SJR 102 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  11. ^ "Oklahoma State Legislature Passes HJR 1032 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Oklahoma State Legislature. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
  12. ^ "Tennessee General Assembly Legislation". Tennessee State Legislature. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  13. ^ "Louisiana State Legislature Passes SCR2 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Legiscan. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. ^ "North Carolina Passes H151 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". NC General Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Indiana House of Representatives passes HJR3 - Article V Convention for Congressional Term Limits". Indiana General Assembly. Retrieved 16 April 2024.