Event Brief
Term limits are not a one-member promise
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Filed: Sep 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM ET
Summary: A Tennessee lawmaker argues that term limits cannot be enacted through a simple promise during a campaign. The state constitution requires a multi-stage process: a joint resolution passed by both chambers, publication before an intervening election, then a two-thirds vote in the next General Assembly.
WHO: Dennis Powers (author); unnamed opponent and Tennessee General Assembly members
WHAT: Explains the constitutional procedure required to amend Tennessee’s constitution for legislative term limits.
WHEN: Sep 22, 2026 at 4:15 AM ET
WHERE: Tennessee
WHY: The article says legislative term limits would require a constitutional amendment following the three-stage process in Article XI, Section 3, not a regular bill or a one-member action.
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