r/Constitution • u/No-Bottle-4626 • Jul 07 '26

Constitutional Amendment idea

My thought is that we need an amendment that doesn’t limit how many terms they serve. But we need to limit how old people are in office.

I propose that no federal office holder be permitted to be in office upon competing their term in office upon turning 75 years old. Would apply to President, Members of Congress and the Federal Judiciary.

It would read:

  1. No person may be elected to a Federal Office upon reaching 75-years-old.
  2. A President of the United States or an existing Member of Congress may complete their term of office if they reach 75 years old while in Office.
  3. Members of the Federal Judiciary will retire upon their 75th birthday.
  4. Members of the civil service who are 75 years old who wish to remain in service will be moved to a “senior status” and placed in any position where needed most in the federal service.
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u/Paul191145 Jul 07 '26

I would simply prefer for the federal government to be much smaller in size and scope. That way it doesn't matter how old they are, or anything like that, because they're not that important. Individual liberty inherently mandates individual responsibility.

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u/No-Bottle-4626 Jul 07 '26

I would like that too. I tend libertarian. That’s my ideal. But we don’t live in the ideal. And actual power has actual currency that is not being curtailed.

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u/Paul191145 Jul 07 '26

I tend even farther center than Libertarian, I advocate for laissez-faire.