DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – This week, Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis stepped into the spotlight, urging changes to the U.S. Constitution.

DeSantis delivered a keynote speech at a “Term Limits Summit” held in Delray Beach, where he called on state legislators from across the nation to back a proposed amendment aimed at instituting term limits for members of Congress.

“The frustration with Congress is palpable,” DeSantis remarked. “Sure, Republicans might be slightly less frustrated when Republicans are in charge, and the same goes for Democrats. But ultimately, nobody is truly satisfied with how Congress currently functions.”

In his address, DeSantis emphasized the need for shifting the focus of Congress members from merely seeking reelection to crafting meaningful legislation.

“With term limits, I believe legislators would approach their roles with a sense of purpose,” he stated. “Knowing they have a six-year term in the House, they may aspire to run for the Senate, but regardless, they will want to accomplish something significant during their tenure.”

Earlier this year, DeSantis made similar calls when he visited lawmakers in Ohio to discuss the issue for a proposed amendment.

Last year, Florida lawmakers passed a resolution (HCR 693) with that same aim in mind.

While term limits have been established in Florida and 22 other states, that’s not the case at the federal level.

That’s because of a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which posited that congressional term limits may only be imposed if the U.S. Constitution is amended.

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To do so, two-thirds of the states can request a convention to propose such an amendment, though it would have to be ratified by at least 38 states before it could take effect.

That said, DeSantis said that it might not even take that many states to get Congress to take action.

“Well, what would happen if you got to 31, 32 states? I mean, Congress would end up passing it,” DeSantis posited. “I think they would want to control, and I think what they would do is probably pass what we want, but they would just say, ‘All current members are not subject to it until a certain time or new people are elected.’”

As of now, only 12 states — Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin — have passed resolutions in both houses of their Legislatures, calling for a U.S. Term Limits Convention.

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