John, I get a lot of questions about how the term limits convention will work, so let me quickly outline how we will get term limits on Congress. First, the Supreme Court case U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v Thorton decided that Congress can only be term-limited through a constitutional amendment. Now, since the professional politicians aren't willing to term limit themselves if they can avoid it, U.S. Term Limits is first going directly to the states to, in effect, bypass Congress and let them begin the amendment process themselves by calling a Term Limits Convention under Article V of the constitution. So far a dozen states have officially passed our convention legislation. Many, many more will have the opportunity to vote on it this winter. It is a bit of a long process working through all these states as some state legislatures don't meet every year, some have abbreviated sessions every other year, and a few will simply be very tough to convince to support our cause. Still, we are making great progress. Now, here's the good part. Technically thirty-four states are needed to call the Term Limits Convention. However, we almost certainly don't need that many as Congress will be forced to pass a term limits amendment itself rather than allow the states to unilaterally impose one! That's essentially how the 17th Amendment which implemented the direct election of U.S. Senators came about. So, with more than 80% of Americans supporting term limits, a dozen states having already voted for the Term Limits Convention, dozens more states that will be considering the convention soon, 100 members of the U.S. House cosponsoring our amendment and nearly 20% of the senate on board, too . . . . . . we truly are getting closer to placing term limits on Congress. It is no longer a question of "if", but "when". So that's our strategy. On this week's podcast, we discuss more about the term limits convention and how it will work. Simply click here to listen. And, if you can, please help us fund our campaigns in the states. Just click the button below. | 
