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• Citizens for Term Limit Awareness - Supports term limits in the US Congress in order to alleviate career politicians. Includes position statement, articles on term limits, and historic quotes.
• OligarchyUSA - OligarchyUSA.com describes the real nature of the world we live in... and how we must change it to restore effective democracy. Book Title: The Case For A One-Term Presidency.
• Real Term Limits: Now More than Ever - Presents arguments for term limits and rebuffs several anti-term limit arguments.
• Support Term Limits for Congress - Provides a way to contact your representative about supporting term limits for Congress.
• Term Limits in Politics - Short argument against term limits.
• U. S. Term Limits - National activist organization which asks candidates for the U.S. Congress to sign a pledge limiting themselves to no more than three terms in the House or two terms in the Senate. [Relies on imagemaps for navigation.]
• U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995). - This case explains why it is unconstitutional for a state law to require term limits for US Congressional representatives.
• What Term Limits Do That Ordinary Voting Cannot - This article contests the argument that we have term limits in the form of elections.
• Why I oppose Term Limits - Site examines arguments against term limits and provides alternatives to term limits.

• Term limits prevailing (St. Petersburg Times) - Tampa mayor falls victim to term limits when voters reject an act repealing the law. (Election 2000 coverage.) (November 8, 2000)
• Missouri Term Limits Ballot Measure goes to U.S. Supreme Court (CNN.com) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a Missouri law that requires notices on ballots that identify candidates who do not support term limits. (November 3, 2000)
• Term Limits Take Effect (Washington Post) - Report on Term limit movements across the country, on a state and national level. (March 5, 1999)
• Washingtonpost.com: Term Limits Special Report - Chart showing when state legislature term limits will go into effect. (June 2, 1998)