term limits

Presidential Term Limits For as long as democracy has existed, term limits have existed. Both Cicero, the famous Roman statesman, and Aristotle, the renowned Greek philosopher, felt term limits were an essential part of any republic’s constitution. This was mainly due to their fear of monopolization of power by a single person. It may have been a justifiable fear in the ancient political world, but in modern America, it is irrational. Because of the …

…every elected president would be sufficient time for him or her to work with law-making bodies and put the job of the presidency into perspective. A president’s goal is to go down in American history as a good president. With one term to accomplish this and the inability to be re-elected, they’d be more motivated to do so. Ultimately, modifying presidential term limits to single six-year terms would allow for more effective presidencies.