Homework Clinic
Social Science Clinic => Law and Politics => Topic started by: Starlight on Jul 9, 2018
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Define term limits. Identify the current status of the constitutionality of those limits.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 2
What are election reformers' views on the separation of presidential and gubernatorial elections?
What will be an ideal response?
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Answer to Question 1
An ideal response would be:
Term limit is a statutory or constitutional restriction on the number of terms in office a state legislator may serve. State supreme courts in five statesMassachusetts, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, and Wyominghave struck down term limits as unconstitutional.
Answer to Question 2
An ideal response would be:
Reformers have successfully argued that presidential and gubernatorial elections should be separated so that state elections are not swamped by the tides of national politics.