Should Term Limits be changed?

Show notes State Sen. Brent Hoffman (R-District 9) joins Dave Roetman to explain why South Dakota's term limits "really aren't term limits," and his petition for a constitutional amendment that would limit legislators to eight years in the House and eight years in the Senate. Recorded in June 2023, when Hoffman was a first-term state senator from District 9. Update (Oct. 2026): The term-limits amendment did not make the November 2024 ballot. It needed 35,017 valid signatures by May 7, 2024, and it was not among the petitions submitted by that deadline. Hoffman did not seek re-election in 2024 and left the Senate in January 2025. Links Sen. Brent "B.R." Hoffman, 2023 legislator profile: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4457/Detail Brent Hoffman on Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Brent_Hoffman The proposed amendment (petition with Attorney General's explanation): https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/upcoming-elections/assets/2024%20BQ/2024CAPetitionTermLimits.pdf Attorney General's release on the ballot explanation (May 25, 2023): https://atg.sd.gov/OurOffice/Media/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=2402 South Dakota State Legislature Term Limits Amendment (2024): https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_State_Legislature_Term_Limits_Amendment_(2024) History discussed 1992 Amendment A, the voter-passed term limits (approved 63.5%): https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Amendment_A,_Term_Limits_for_State_Congressional,_U.S._Congressional,_and_Executive_Offices_Measure_(1992) 2008 Amendment J, the Legislature's attempt to repeal term limits (rejected 75.7% to 24.3%): https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Amendment_J,_Repeal_Term_Limits_Measure_(2008) Subscribe to Making Waves with Dave Roetman: https://daveroetman.substack.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit daveroetman.substack.com