Hear Me Out: Term Limits Could Ruin Congress

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🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: self-limiting. Congress is historically unpopular; it’s one of the few things that people on both sides of the aisle can agree on. But what could be done to actually fix our legislature? Term limits are often posed as a good potential start. But there are those who argue that that’s not the best way to fix our legislature — and the pool of people who feel that way isn’t exclusively career politicians, either. Charlie Hunt, a professor at Boise State University, joins us to argue against term limits. If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected] Podcast production by Maura Currie. Want more Hear Me Out? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/hearmeoutplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Hear Me Out. I'm Celeste Hedley. Do you like Congress, what they're doing, how they operate, who is in there?
0:09.0	If you said yes, you are part of a very small minority of Americans. Most of us across party lines are not
0:17.0	fans of pretty much anything happening in our federal legislature. Congress is unproductive,
0:22.2	it's full of long-term residents who don't
0:24.4	seem compelled to get much done, and in some cases they age into very public
0:28.6	dysfunction. So you'll often hear term limits suggested as a place to start to get fresh eyes and ears
0:35.4	in our halls of government.
0:37.4	But this wouldn't be a hear me out episode if we didn't pose the question.
0:41.1	What if that supposed solution actually made things worse?
0:45.0	Using term limits to fix these problems, in my view, would be like trying to fix a
0:50.0	leaky pipe by smashing it with a hammer.
0:52.0	This is a reform that does not fit the problems
0:54.6	that we're talking about. Professor Charlie Hunt of Boise State University joins us
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