Amending the U.S Constitution

To solve the problems within Congress and the law-making procedure, the term limits must be applied to the positions of Congress through Amending the Constitution of the United States. There are specific reasons as to why the amendment is required as a separate law. In the Marbury VS Madison case, Judge Marshal declared that any law which contradicts the present constitution would be considered void, which is rational since all the parties are governed using the constitution (Judicial Review or Judicial Activism? Marbury v. Madison (1803)). So, the term limit law cannot be passed and only amended that which exists within the constitution.

In U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton's case, Arkansas' State Constitution prohibited the participation in the Congress election. This prohibition was for the members who have already served three times in the House of Representatives or two times in the Senate. This prohibition was overruled by the Judge as being inconsistent with the constitution that has already set a standardized eligibility criteria to be followed (U. S. TERM LIMITS, INC., et al., PETITIONERS 93-1456 v. RAY THORNTON et al. WINSTON BRYANT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARKANSAS, PETITIONER 93-1828). In this case. Even the Judge declared that the state could not make their amendments, if the changes are needed, the amendments in the constitution of United States has to be done, so there are no contradictions or violations of the existing clauses (U. S. TERM LIMITS, INC., et al., PETITIONERS 93-1456 v. RAY THORNTON et al. WINSTON BRYANT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARKANSAS, PETITIONER 93-1828).

Concerning these two cases, amending the U.S. Constitution would be necessary as there are already set criteria for the Representatives and Senates that include their age, citizenship, and inhabitance as the sole criteria for electing the Congress, any new law imposing term limits will be inconsistent with the set criteria. Secondly, to add more qualifications/impositions is not within the power of the State's, which is only responsible for the regulations of elections (U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thorton). These two reasons suggest that amendments through the proper procedure will serve the purpose of...…Suffrage in the Senate." (Article V and the amendment process). So in a state convention method, the amendment needs the ratification of three-fourths of the state's convention, which is chosen by Congress, while for the congressional method, two-thirds of Congress would be required to ratify it (Article V and the amendment process).

The three branches of government include; federal, Legislative, and Judicial. The federal branch is the leading executive branch, responsible for enforcing the laws which are elected by the people and have a four-year term (Three Branches of Government). The Legislative branch, which is also known as Congress, is responsible for making the laws that are voted and discussed within Congress. It is divided into two parts; Senate and the House of Representatives (Three Branches of Government). The third part of the government, which is judicial, deals with the interpretation of laws as per the constitution (Three Branches of Government). Imposing term limits on Congress will enable more policymaking as fresh people with new ideas will be given a chance (Burgat, 2018). As the law-making process is done by Congress, better laws…