Do you think there should be term limits for members of Congress? There’s a good chance you answered “yes.” It’s one of the most widely supported ideas in politics right now (and that’s saying something).

A Pew Research Center survey conducted this summer found a whopping 87% of Americans are in favor of it.

“I don’t care if you’re Republican, Independent, Democrat, male, female, Black, White, everyone believes we need term limits for members of Congress,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said, loosely speaking to the stats in a video posted on his campaign X account.

“As president, I’ll lead the efforts to bring about term limits through the states,” the presidential hopeful added.

But is that possible?

States can’t vote on establishing term limits for their D.C. representatives, at least according to the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 1995 ruled it would require a constitutional amendment.

However, there is another route through the states that is theoretically possible according to Louis Virelli, a constitutional law professor at Stetson College of Law.

“Article Five of the Constitution allows for a state or a new convention to be called by the states to amend the constitution,” Virelli explained.

That means states could theoretically bypass the necessary two-thirds vote from congressional lawmakers and adopt and then ratify a constitutional amendment — 34 states would need to be on board, a tall order that’s never been seen in U.S. history.

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