Unlike traditional term limits, leadership term limits would not restrict voters' choices on their representatives, only prevent the stagnation of power.
Sen. Ted Budd co-sponsored a joint resolution this week to impose term limits on members of Congress, a move that could block North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis from remaining in the Senate for an additional term.
The Senate passed a different Article V resolution focused solely on a congressional term-limit amendment. It does nothing to restrict federal spending or overreach.
The North Carolina House already approved the resolution in 2023, and the Senate passed the bill in a 29-20 vote on Monday, which officialy puts North Carolina as the ninth state in the US to agree to a term limits consitutional amendment specifically.
The movement to have North Carolina join other states in exercising the call for an Article V Convention to propose amendments to the US Constitution has been brewing steadily in our state legislature since 2013. As consistent supporters and sponsors of the current Resolution HJR235, here are a few reasons we believe North Carolina needs...
As the election season heats up, candidates are making promises and signing pledges regarding what they will do in the event they are elected. Many North candidates running to represent North Carolinians in both state and federal offices have been signing a particular pledge for term limits on members of US Congress. The idea behind...
The Convention of States North Carolina (COSNC) has over 89,000 North Carolinians who signed the petition calling for a Convention of States. COSNC also has over 2,500 North Carolina volunteers working to get the N.C. General Assembly to vote for the Convention of States Resolution, and polling shows that 62% of North Carolinians support their...
The Convention of States Project is a national effort to utilize Article V of the U.S. Constitution to convene a Convention of the States, a tool our Founders provided that allows We the People to bypass Congress to propose amendments that Congress would never do on its own. The process requires 34 state legislatures to...
Bo Hines decided to transfer from N.C. State to Yale in 2015.
Gerrymandered districts and outsized incumbency prevent many North Carolinians from having any say in who represents them.
I won’t begrudge Marc Basnight his laudatory send-off and peaceful retirement. But let’s not go through all this again, okay?
