- U.S. Term Limits
U.S. Term Limits (or USTL) is a
non-profit organization that lobbies forterm limits forelected officials at every level of government in theUnited States . Among other activities, USTL supportsballot initiative s in numerous states. The organization was established in 1992, and is one of several led by New Yorklibertarian Howard Rich . One of the founding board members of the organization wasEric O'Keefe , author of the book "Who Rules America". [O'Keefe, Eric, "Who Rules America: The People Versus the Political Class," Citizen Government Foundation, 1999.]In the early '90s, USTL organized political campaigns that placed term limits on the congressional delegations of 23 states. But on
May 22 1995 , those state-imposed congressional term limits, encompassing nearly half the U.S. Congress, were struck down by theSupreme Court of the United States in the case of "U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton ". Today, 15 state legislatures, 36 governors and thousands of local officials, including those in nine of the country's ten largest cities, are under term limits.Paul Jacob , a citizeninitiative activist who served in several capacities with USTL from 1992 to 2007, was indicted on October 2, 2007 for conspiracy to defraud the state ofOklahoma regarding the use of out-of-state paid petitioners. [cite news
title=Grand jury indicts three TABOR petition organizers
first=Marie
last=Price
date=October 3 2007
work=The Journal Record
url=http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=82354] USTL publicly announced its support for Jacob soon after. [ [http://www.ustl.org/ U.S. Term Limits homepage] ]ee also
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U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton "References
External links
* [http://www.ustl.org/ U.S. Term Limits homepage]
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