Should there be a MAXIMUM OFFICE-ENTRANCE AGE LIMIT (OR EXIT AGE LIMIT) for elected officials?

[Anonymous]

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Reference article 1: https://www.newsweek.com/71-percent-us-senators-out-if-age-limits-imposed-elected-officials-1671314

Reference article 2: https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2022/01/19/elected-officials-maximum-age-limit-poll

Note 1: This question was inspired by the following question…

Americans: Should Both Biden & Trump Drop Out Of The 2024 Us Presidential Race?

…and was specifically inspired by @Dargil saying this on that question: “I would like to see a Constitutional Amendment setting the maximum age at Inauguration at 75.”

Note 2: Choose the answer-option in the poll that most closely matches your response to this question.

Note 3: Please state in your comments WHICH ANSWER-OPTION LETTER you selected in the poll.

A - Yes — The maximum age limit for elected officials should be 65 (or maybe even lower than 65)

B - Yes — The maximum age limit for elected officials should be 70

C - Yes — The maximum age limit for elected officials should be 75

D - Yes — The maximum age limit for elected officials should be 80

E - Yes — The maximum age limit for elected officials should be 85 (or maybe even higher than 85)

F - I’M NOT SURE if there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials

G - NO — There should NOT be a maximum age limit for elected officials

Updates

9 mo

UPDATE 1 - age lists for U. S. elected officials:

potus.com/presidential-facts/age-at-inauguration/

infogalactic.com/.../List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_age

https://fiscalnote.com/blog/how-old-118th-congress

www.wikiwand.com/.../List_of_current_United_States_governors_by_age

Updates

9 mo

UPDATE 2 — NOTE:

The “List of current United States Senators by age” link in UPDATE 1 is out of date but the “How Old is the 118th Congress?” link in UPDATE 1 has “AGE OF THE SENATE” (as well as “AGE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES”) information within it.

[monorprise]

Joe Biden being clearly incapable of running anything kind of proves we really don't elect presidents anymore just parties. I suspect this seems to be very true of The U. S. Senate as well given who Pennsylvania 'elected'.

Its unclear if its true of the house but in practice it seems not to matter as they are just votes as well.

[Asker]

Which answer-option letter did you select in the poll?

[monorprise]

@gagname
I am against modifying the constitution with an age limit (which is the only thing the Federal court will respect) given they don''t honor article 1 Section 2 Clause 1: "the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature"

Back in the early 1990's the corrupt supreme court sided with the congressmen who helped appoint them in deciding State legislators could not set the qualifications of congressmen.

So the only option is to amend the constitution or hold the court accountable by simply letting the court print its own ballots including said federal congressmen by refusing them on the State's ballot anyway.

As we lack politicians in the elected branches of goverment willing to uphold the constitution, we have to convince the unelected politicians to do so, which MIGHT happen by way of an amendment. The fact that almost nobody is trying is in part a reflection of the difficulty and fact that we can't even be sure of that.

Regardless I am against such an amendment setting age limits on the high end in a fixed document such as the Constitution. Unlike the low end where human nature clearly shows the importance of experience in development of good judgement. We can't be sure how long someone will be cognitively capable with future tecnoligy.

So any such amendment could be obsleate within a decade, that needs to be set in law, ideally the same law as which defines the same qualifications of the equivalent (if any) branch of the State leglsator as the Constitution wisely said.
As the framers reasoned that makes it fair, so that state legislators can't set qualifications that they themselfs do not live by.

[nolabels]

I'd be for a maximum age of 65.

Implementing such a restriction would likely be difficult to do.

[Asker]

65 for a max entrance or max exit age limit?

[Asker]

(Which one would you like to see it be?)

[nolabels]

Entrance.

[Karen444]

Joe has dementia and the left loves it. The left could have or voted for a sane president, but they opted for the tard. I would say...40 going in, and 65 going out.

Joe will get us into a nuclear war with Russia.

[Asker]

Concerning minimum age for U. S. elected office...

"In the United States, a person must be aged 35 or over to serve as president. To be a senator, a person must be aged 30 or over. To be a Representative, a person must be aged 25 or older. This is specified in the U. S. Constitution.

[ALSO:]
Most states in the U. S. also have age requirements for the offices of Governor, State Senator, and State Representative.[69] Some states have a minimum age requirement to hold any elected office (usually 21 or 18)."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_candidacy

[Sirenboobzilla]

Trump is literally just 3 years younger than Biden and can't seem to remember what he says on camera when he's being interviewed on it.

[Karen444]

@Sirenboobzilla

It's blatantly obvious that you're not an American. lol

[Karen444]

You should be allowed one term, and not 50 terms.

[Sirenboobzilla]

Blatantly obvious eh? What brought you to such a conclusion?

[Asker]

@karen444
Can you please vote A in the poll?

[Karen444]

@Sirenboobzilla
Your lack of caring.

[Sirenboobzilla]

Oh that was such the obvious answer

[Karen444]

@Sirenboobzilla

I'm not wrong. Eh?

[Sirenboobzilla]

Ok Karen. Sarcasm is too much for you I see

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I believe the age shouldn’t be the reason to refuse someone from the office.

[Asker]

Can you please vote G in the poll?