{"id":269,"date":"2020-05-21T04:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T04:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2020-05-22T03:05:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T03:05:46","slug":"why-are-there-maximum-age-limits-and-term-limits-for-congressional-representatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Why Are There Maximum Age Limits and Term Limits for Congressional Representatives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(184,113,242,0.2)&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_menu _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_module=&#8221;228&#8243;][\/et_pb_menu][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Rationale:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The power of incumbency has resulted in many career Congressional representatives serving terms until death, despite age related declines in their cognitive functioning and their ability to understand changes in contemporary society. Both minimum and maximum age limits help prevent potentially unqualified candidates from holding office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Comment Instructions&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0)&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5px|10px|5px|10px|false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_module=&#8221;479&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Comments are welcome below. All comments must be respectfully written and not contain misinformation or fallacious reasoning. We welcome thoughtful dialogue of differences.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_comments _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][\/et_pb_comments][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(184,113,242,0.2)&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;][et_pb_menu _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|10px||10px|false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_module=&#8221;228&#8243;][\/et_pb_menu][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.6&#8243;] Rationale: The power of incumbency has resulted in many career Congressional representatives serving terms until death, despite age related declines in their cognitive functioning and their ability to understand changes in contemporary society. Both minimum and maximum age limits help prevent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new-constitution.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}