Nearly half of Michigan’s 15 member congressional delegation has overstayed its term limits

Apparently, voluntary term limits for wannabe lifelong career politicians may not work as the experiment in Michigan shows!

"Article 2, Section 10 of the Michigan Constitution says that Michigan’s congressional delegation should “voluntarily” follow voter-approved term limits. This means three terms in a 12-year span in the U.S. House and two terms in a 24-year span in the U.S. Senate.

The people of Michigan approved non-voluntary term limits when they passed Proposal B of 1992. But a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton, struck down state efforts at term-limiting members of Congress, as the U.S. Constitution offers no such limits. ..."

Nearly half of Michigan’s congressional delegation has overstayed its term limits – Michigan Capitol Confidential Seven of Michigan’s 15 representatives in Washington have ignored “voluntary” term limits, as laid out in the Michigan Constitution