Court Blocks Lawmakers’ Term Limits Push

North Dakota’s Supreme Court just shut down a legislative bid to gut term limits, ruling lawmakers overstepped their authority. Voters set the eight-year cap in 2022, and the constitution explicitly forbids the legislature from changing it—only the people can. The bill would’ve let lawmakers serve four full four-year terms (doubling their time) and scrapped the rule blocking such proposals. The court made it clear: “notwithstanding” any general amendment powers, the legislature can’t touch term limits. The proposal is dead, and any future changes must go back to the voters via initiative. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/7e2b7e771a37df45