Demand Term Limits for Congress Now

More on this later, as I'm really busy today, but as an average citizen of this great country of ours, I am fairly convinced that Congress, as a collective, does not represent me, and I'm get the feeling, a lot of other Americans.

I'm absolutely furious over this unanimous, bi-partisan demand for the FBI to return the documents and evidence gathered in what seems to be a lawful search and seizure. Professory Glenn Reynolds explains:

I say, search 'em all. Now. They must have something to hide, right? They certainly don't mind much more intrusive paramilitary raids on the rest of us, even though the Fourth Amendment provides a lot more reason to doubt the validity of those than the Speech and Debate Clause provides where Congressional searches are concerned.

Read this post from Orin Kerr, too, on the weakness of the constitutional argument they're making. There may be a prudential argument that searches like this are a bad idea -- though, frankly, I don't think a very convincing one -- but to claim that the Constitution forbids the execution of a search warrant by law enforcement simply because the target is a Congressional office is weak and self-serving.

The leadership -- of both parties -- should be ashamed of this stunt. They should remember that the Constitution forbids titles of nobility, too, despite their effort to transform their positions into something very much like that.

This isn't about ideological differences, this is about corruption. I'm not calling for a "vote for the other guy" campaign, as that is just a call to jump onto the other pirate ship. What I am advocating is a mass movement by the people of this country to demand term limits for Congress. This is the ONLY way we are going to solve getting the career politicians out of Washington. This is the ONLY way we are going to get some control over spending.

Also, this is a potential political disaster. If they find Representative Jefferson guilty, Congress is going to look really stupid and, even worse, an apologist for dubious behavior. After all, Jefferson is being investigated for taking some enormous bribes.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

What are you thoughts on term limits? If you are for them, how could it possibly be implemented when it is clear that Congress sure isn't going to pass it?