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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO LIMIT U.S. SENATE TERMS

Created by C.W. on December 28, 2012

SECTION 1.
No person shall be elected to the office of U.S. Senate more than twice. And no person shall, under any circumstances, serve as a U.S. Senator for more than fourteen years.

The primary element of the proposed Constitutional Amendment, this section sets forth the two-term limitation of U.S. Senators. Furthermore, the second clause addresses the issue of vacancies via resignation, impeachment or death. Specifically, a scenario in which someone fills a vacancy in the middle of a term are restricted to serving in the U.S. Senate for no more than fourteen years.

SECTION 2.
This Article shall not affect anyone serving as a U.S. Senator at the time of its ratification.

This section makes the chance of passing this amendment more plausible and realistic. Since the Senate itse

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