Term Limits
Term limits restrict how many terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. The source of the limit may be a constitution, statute, or other governing law, depending on the office.
Term limits restrict how many terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. The source of the limit may be a constitution, statute, or other governing law, depending on the office.
Example: The Twenty-Second Amendment generally limits a person to being elected President twice.
Common misconception: Members of Congress have federal term limits. No general federal term limit currently restricts how many terms a House member or senator may serve; the Supreme Court rejected state-imposed congressional term limits in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995).
Sources: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-22/; https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/514/779/