Term limits for lawmakers : how to start thinking about a proposal in process / Gerald Benjamin and Michael J. Malbin Rotation in office : the history of an idea / Mark P. Petracca Federalists v. antifederalists : the term-limitation debate at the founding / Michael J. Malbin Term limits fail in Washington : the 1991 battleground / David J. Olson Transplanting term limits : political mobilization and grass-roots politics / Stuart Rothenberg The guillotine comes to California : term-limit politics in the golden state / Charles M. Price Term limitations and political careers in Oklahoma : in, out, up, down / Gary W. Copeland Term limits in the state executive branch / Thad L. Beyle A comment on competition and careers / Linda L. Fowler
The impact of term limitations on the states : cuttiong the underbrush or chopping down the tall timber / David H. Everson The effects of term limira on legislatures : a comment / Alan Rosenthal Legislatures after term limits / Michael J. Malbin and Gerald Benjamin Term limitation : an idea whose time has come / John H. Fund Bad housekeeping : the case against congressional term limits / Charles R. Kesler Can the states constitutionally impose term limits on members of Congress ? : a legal debate California legislature v. March Fong Eu, Secretary of State , October 10, 1991 The California ballot pamphlet : the pros and the cons of Proposition 140, November 6, 1990
Texts of term-limit ballot initiatives
Turnover and reelection rates in the U.S. House and Senate, 1790-1990
Seniority of U.S. Representatives, 1953-1991
Seniority of U.S. Senators, 1953-1991
Ten-year turnover in state legislatures, 1979-1989
Ten-year turnover by category of legislature, 1979-1989
Simulated profile of California Senate and Assembly with term limits
Simulated profile of Colorado Senate and House with term limits
State provisions for initiative.
