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I just had an interesting constitutional question come up in my head. Can voters in one state impose term limits for congressional seats for that state? On the surface the answer is no, these are federal level positions. But think about the fact that elections for congress are an internal state process. Could voters in a state like California not have a referendum that would not allow a candidate to represent the state in Congress for more than a set number of years? Could they simply set it up in such a way that after a certain number of years the politician could no longer be on the ballot?

This line of thinking stems from the line of reasoning that one of our biggest problems in Washington DC is the concept of a Career politician. People who have very good reason not to make the hard choices that are best for the country and instead keep pandering to special interest groups in order to keep getting elected. At the federal level, the only people with the ability to make term limits happen are the ones who have every reason to oppose them. So I just thought of a way to get it done with out them.

Thoughts?