constitutional amendment

Common Ground: Setting Term Limits for Members of Congress

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In brief: Two recent national polls, a year apart and from different pollsters, both find term limits for Congress backed by more than three-quarters of Democrats and more than four-fifths of Republicans. A constitutional amendment to do it has been introduced in the current Congress. It has not moved, for the same reason every version … Read more

Amending the Constitution: History, Process, and Ongoing Debates

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The Constitution

How the Constitution Can Be Changed The U.S. Constitution can be changed through a process called amendment, described in Article V of the Constitution itself. This process was written to be deliberately difficult. The people who wrote the Constitution wanted it to be a stable foundation for the country, not something that could shift with … Read more

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