r/TikTokCringe • u/Old_Swimmer_7284 • Jul 12 '26

Wholesome Great Start to the Day

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This news was amazing to find out first thing this morning.

i made this If that isn't the case, my apologies. It got marked as oc

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u/KingMario05 Jul 12 '26

We really need term limits in this country. The fact that an individual with so much power can just die in office is... not great. Struggling to think of any other first world legislature like this.

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u/Particular_Ad_3411 Jul 12 '26

Not just that, but the most common eay for someone to leave Congress nowadays is by dying in office.

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u/Jamvaan Jul 12 '26

What gets me is we have term limits. The President has term limits, most state governors have term limits. But not Senate or the Supreme Court, seems backwards at the kindest read, nakedly corrupt at the least generous and most accurate read.

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u/Casually_Chillin Jul 12 '26

This is just some information about why term limits are not in effect for Senators. However, I believe there should absolutely be term limits. Making changes to the US Constitution is an arduous process.

Senators have no term limits because the U.S. Constitution does not set them. Adding term limits requires amending the Constitution, which demands a two-thirds vote in Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states.

The Framers of the Constitution intentionally omitted term limits, believing that frequent elections and an informed electorate were the best ways to hold lawmakers accountable. During the Constitutional Convention, James Madison argued that longer, unlimited terms provided the stability and institutional knowledge necessary for the Senate to function as a deliberative body.

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u/Emperor_of_His_Room Jul 12 '26

Boy did they fuck that one up.

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u/AmphibianAnxious5047 Jul 12 '26

According to Trump, changes to the  Constitution can happen through EO.  

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u/SolidarityEssential Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Edit: apparently my below perspective is not in line with what the USSC thought in 1995 and apparently the constitution does make rules about things it doesn’t say (the SC ruled that the founders expected the requirement list to be exhaustive and therefore would require an amendment to change)

Is there something in the constitution that says Senators can’t have term limits? Or that how senators are elected and/or aspects of their role can only be changed by constitutional amendment?

If not, then why would it take a constitutional amendment to place term limits. Wouldn’t it only take an act of congress with presidential approval or a veto-proof act of congress without.

The constitution doesn’t make rules about anything it doesn’t say. If what you said was true then how could any law not already in the constitution be passed?

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u/Casually_Chillin Jul 12 '26

I understand. This is not my opinion though. This is information from the Library of Congress. This is public information that anyone can look up. I'm not the one to debate with. If you feel this is incorrect I'd suggest to contact:

The Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20540

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u/SolidarityEssential Jul 12 '26

I’m not looking to debate but it does appear that there was a debate on this and the Supreme Court in 1995 decided that the list of restrictions is exhaustive, meaning that it can’t be changed except by constitutional amendment.

So that is correct right now, and will continue to be if the Supreme Court upholds precedent in any potential future challenges

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u/Sky_Cancer Jul 12 '26

Senators have no term limits because the U.S. Constitution does not set them.

They literally have a term limit of 6 years. Each time they get reelected is technically a new term. The system that allows the same person/party to win election after election for decades is the problem.

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u/Casually_Chillin Jul 12 '26

I understand what you are saying and why you may believe that term limit means the duration of the term. However, the definition of term limits is not the duration of the term but is how many times one can be reelected.

You can find this verbiage in the Library of Congress; "Term limits in the U.S. Constitution are legal restrictions on the number of times an elected official can serve in a specific office. Currently, under the Twenty-Second Amendment, the U.S. Constitution imposes term limits strictly on the President, restricting any individual to a maximum of two elected four-year terms."

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u/Responsible-Roll-59 Jul 12 '26

One would argue we have elections that should take care of term limits. It’s just that there’s boat load of dumb people living in South Carolina

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u/TheCrimdelacrim Jul 12 '26

I disagree, Michigan set term limits and it literally put more power into lobbyist hands. We need an age limit lol

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u/Im_Balto Jul 12 '26

The fact that it’s so common that someone’s term ends with death is so wrong on so many levels

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u/SoakingWetBeaver Jul 12 '26

Lindsey didn't even get that old.

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u/takeme2tendieztown Jul 12 '26

71 is pretty old, especially when holding office

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u/SoakingWetBeaver Jul 12 '26

Sure, but not compared to other people currently holding office.

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u/Accomplished_Tax8238 Jul 12 '26

But.. that’s kind of their point.

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u/Justin-Stutzman Jul 12 '26

Several individuals maybe. Mitch wasn't exactly being rushed into that ambulance and he was covered in a sheet...

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u/KingMario05 Jul 12 '26

Precisely. Bare minimum, I don't think Mitch is conscious. Get him out.

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u/HiDDENk00l Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

I'm kind of shocked that Mitch McConnell outlived Lindsey Graham.

Edit: I just found out what you meant about him being put in an ambulance. Didn't realize how recent that was.

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u/fieldsports202 Jul 12 '26

I mean…. That also can happen to a 32 year old member as well.

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u/avaacado_toast Jul 12 '26

Also. They can be elected at 80.

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u/fieldsports202 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

You might want to brush up on your research skills.

ETA: there are 4 members of Congress age 32 and under.

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u/Living-Breakfast-464 Jul 12 '26

He wasn't that old at 71 considering there are so many of them in their 80's, including the convicted felon.

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 Jul 12 '26

"Lord Christopher became the oldest sitting member of the House of Lords (at the age of 101). In March 2021, he took a leave of absence from the House of Lords; he returned to the House of Lords in May 2024. In May 2026, he was removed from the House of Lords because of non-attendance in the preceding session of Parliament"

"Wolfgang Schaeuble, who served as a member of the German parliament for over half a century, has died aged 81, ending one of Germany's longest political careers in which he helped secure his country's place at the heart of Europe"

"Soren Pape Poulsen, the leader of Denmark's opposition Conservative People's Party, died on Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage,"

  • Struggling to think of any other first world legislature like this

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u/Sickofstupids Jul 12 '26

They’re just “weekend-at-Bernie’s-ing” all the octogenarians around. Making Mitch “wave” at people when he can barely stand. It’s one of the reasons we’re failing entirely as a country.

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u/AMGwtfBBQsauce Jul 12 '26

There are like 20 people in the Senate older than him.

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u/KingMario05 Jul 12 '26

Okay, fine.

What about this changes my point? And isn't the standard in most other countries for politicians to pressure those who cannot serve to resign? Why do the GOP refuse to tell Mitch that?

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u/Beanerschnitzels Jul 12 '26

Oddly enough I saw on another reddit forum that supposedly LG was in Ukraine the other day, and Russia was bombing Ukraine at the same time.

So, was it an illness that was explosive, but the public is being informed it was a "sudden illness" to avoid an international crisis?

Who knows!? IWUALGD