Jon L. Christensen: “Americans unequivocally support the concept of term limits. Poll after poll will reflect this. But this past fall…”

“Americans unequivocally support the concept of term limits. Poll after poll will reflect this. But this past fall, voters across the country approved term limit amendments to their State constitutions, giving further credence to what we already know to be true. Americans are demanding term limits. The people of my State have now spoken three times on this issue. In 1992, Nebraskans passed a term-limits amendment to our State constitution, only to have it thrown out by the State supreme court on a ballot requirement technicality. Undaunted, the voters of Nebraska passed another term-limits amendment by an even greater margin 2 years ago. This amendment was later invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court. This past November, Nebraska and eight other States adopted term-limit amendments to their respective constitutions by overwhelming margins; 61 percent of the voters in my district approved term limits last fall. Nebraskans feel very strongly that term limits are a necessary step in returning our Government to the people.”