A younger Senate

Re “The time is coming fast for some younger blood in the old Senate” (July 21): Jonathan Bernstein is only half right. I agree with him that it is time for a younger Senate. Perhaps a quicker way than getting the political parties to nominate younger candidates is to follow the lead of the U.S. Term Limits nonprofit. A recent survey reveals that 82% of eligible voters in both parties are for term limits in the Senate and House of Representatives. Nineteen states have passed the Convention of

States application calling for an Article V Convention of States to amend the Constitution for congressional term limits. Now is the time to call on the Virginia legislature

to enact such a resolution.

Supreme Court justices” (July 28): Sometimes the ignorance of Americans makes me laugh when I should be crying. The article is comical in a way.

The article tells of the Biden administration trying to find a way to limit the terms of life-appointed justices using legislative action. It reveals that somebody doesn’t really know how our Constitution works. Obviously, it would take a constitutional amendment to change the terms under which justices are appointed. There is a real good reason that certain justices are appointed for life; it is supposed to remove them from political pressure.

It would be good if the media would inform the people about how our government is supposed to work. It is complicated only because few people are interested in the inner workings of a constitutional republic such as ours.

Jim King, Chesapeake