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- Introduced by Rep. George Cushingberry (D) on February 18, 2009, to place before voters in the next general election a Constitutional amendment to repeal legislative term limits.
- Referred to the House Ethics and Elections Committee on February 18, 2009.
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1) Re: 2009 House Joint Resolution L (Repeal term limits ) by SaneMichigander on February 26, 2009[quote user="crazycajun"]
i also notice that you are not supporting challenging term limits on constitutional grounds.
why not? YOU say they are unconstitutional, go ahead and PROVE IT in a court of law.
good luck with that...
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I have made myself perfectly clear as to my understanding (and the appropriate courts' understandings) of the constitutionality issues involved in term limits.
If you, crazycajun, are too stupid, or so wrapped up in your own fantasy world and lies that you can't sort out this rather simple thing, then so be it. Remain stupid and enmeshed in your own lying. The only person you fool is yourself.
Michigan voters agreed in 1992 to amend their State Constitution by adding term limits provisions for elected state officials and members of the state's (federal) Congressional delegation.
In 1995 the United States Supreme Court ruled that states could not impose term limits on members of their federal Congressional delegation. That decision stands, and negates Michigan's Constitutional provision limiting the terms served by members of the state's Congressional delegation. (Interestingly, there is another joint legislative resolution in the hopper to clean up that and other clearly unconstitutional provisions in the Michigan Constitution. I support that resolution, as well as this one.)
A federal district court decision in 1998 determined that term limits placed on officials elected to state office in Michigan were permissible, under the Constitution of the United States.
Two different rulings, addressing two different aspects of the term limits mess.
So now, the way we change things and get rid of term limits in Michigan is to amend the State Constitution. That is precisely what HJR L proposes. I support HJR L because term limits have served only to limit the voters' choices in respect to who will represent and serve them in Lansing, and have accomplished nothing of any benefit to the public.
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i also notice that you are not supporting challenging term limits on constitutional grounds.
why not? YOU say they are unconstitutional, go ahead and PROVE IT in a court of law.
good luck with that...
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this gets tried every year, and it fails every year.
what has changed?
possibly the DISSATISFACTION WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION?
yeah.. that would do it.
it's amazing how inconvenient democracy becomes when a democrat doesn't get his way.
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