Voters will decide whether to cap the age of candidates for the U.S. House or Senate, but the measure could face an uphill battle in court.
Sunlight illuminates the North Dakota House of Representatives in Bismarck, N.D. A ballot question will ask North Dakota voters whether the state should bar anyone from running for Congress if they'd turn 81 during their term.
It's the latest effort to set age limits for politicians, something that's seen growing support across the country but likely faces an uphill legal battle. Joe Biden would enter a second term at 82 if reelected, and Donald Trump would be 78 for his second inauguration.about their age in recent years, including Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and the late Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein of California, wholast year, 79% of Americans support age limits for federal legislators, while 74% believe Supreme Court justices should be subject to age caps.and isn't an accurate predictor of competence.
"The basic argument was that this would allow states to effectively tinker with the Constitutional machinery, and that the framers had thought very carefully about what qualifications they thought were necessary," said Jeremy Paul, a law professor at the Northeastern University School of Law.
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