term limits are good. the legislative competence case and so-called democracy case against are incoherently inconsistent. if legislative power is let to accrue to seniority, the public may be left to choose btw a weak representative who shares their values or capable one who does not. 1/

no power should be allocated to seniority alone. the institutional knowledge that helps render legislators more capable should be reposed in the party, not in the person. /fin