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Judge upholds Michigan’s ‘shortest and harshest’ term limits for politicians
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 22, 2021
The Michigan State Capitol building in downtown Lansing seen from E. Michigan Ave. on Oct. 17, 2019.Garret Ellison | MLive
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Michigan’s elected officials can’t become “career politicians” within the state Legislature.
A federal judge on Friday issued a ruling upholding Michigan’s term limits for state lawmakers - six years, or three two-year terms for representatives, and eight years, or two four-year terms for senators.
Ten former state legislators recently went to court to challenge those limits, established by a 1992 ballot initiative that embedded the terms in the state Constitution. Nearly 59% of Michigan voters supported the limits at the time.