Rep. John James (R-MI), a freshman in Congress, is pushing age limits for those serving in federal elected office. He has introduced a resolution that would push lawmakers to amend the Constitution. The amendment would establish an upper age limit or eligibility to be president, vice president, or a member of Congress.

If the resolution passes, it calls on Congress to work on a Constitutional amendment to stop anyone from running for those offices over the age of 75. ‘The world’s not getting slower, it’s getting faster,’

It started with the demand of terms limits, an idea that has been around for years. Now, with an obvious aging of Congress and the presidency, the new call is for age limits. Some older members of Congress are aging more gracefully than others. We can start at the top and point to President Joe Biden, the poster child for a lack of mental acuity and physical feebleness. He really isn’t the best representative as the leader of the free world, in the opinion of an overwhelming majority of Americans. He’s 80-years-old now and would be 82 when he is sworn in as president again in January 2025. The office visibly ages every occupant but in Biden’s case, his advanced age has done him no favors. Instead of projecting strength on the world stage, he appears dazed and confused. He needs help maneuvering around on a stage. It’s past time for him to enjoy his sunset years at the beach in Delaware.

Others are showing signs of the need for retirement. Senator Dianne Feinstein, for example, is the oldest member of the Senate and it shows. She has noticeably gone downhill since suffering with a case of the shingles earlier this year and complications from that outbreak. More recently, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has shown signs of still recovering from a concussion he suffered as the result of a fall. Though the Capitol Hill doctor gave him the go-ahead to return to work after his second public ‘freeze’ incidents last week, there seems to be some neurological damage. It may be a normal part of recovery but it is troublesome to watch. He is 81-years-old. Other than the freeze incidents that lasted a few seconds each, he appears to be able to do his job.

Rep. John James uses a cut-off of 75-years-old for a public federal elected official. Even if they are below 75 at the time of election and they reach 75 while in office, they would be disqualified from holding office. Biden, McConnell, and Feinstein all fall into that category. Also falling into that category is Donald Trump. He is 77-years-old now as he runs for the Republican nomination for president.

James rightly notes that it isn’t just domestic consumption of watching the aging of American politicians in real time, it’s seen around the world. Both friends and foes are watching.

“You can’t watch a video of Feinstein or McConnell or Biden and tell me that everything’s OK,” James said. “It’s not just us saying it, it’s our adversary seeing it, they see that America has lost a step.”

“Our founders didn’t intend for these to be lifetime appointments in the legislature. They didn’t intend for legislators to die in office or to get doggone close. They didn’t intend for a politician to line their pockets, to gain decades of seniority, and get to be millionaires in office either.”

James dodged a question about how it would affect former President Donald Trump, who is 77 and running for another White House term – and who James has also endorsed.

“The world’s not getting slower, it’s getting faster. The world’s not getting safer, it’s getting more dangerous. The world’s not getting any younger – and we have a lower bound, it just makes sense to have an upper bound,” James told Fox News Digital in an interview.

As I noted, James conveniently left out Trump, who he has endorsed for the Republican primary nomination.

James admits that passing a Constitutional amendment takes years to do, if it even happens. The amendment must be approved by two-thirds of both the House and Senate and ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures. It’s a rare occurrence. Rightly so. I don’t want to see the Constitution easily changed from its original text.

The resolution is part of a wider government accountability package that James is pushing in Congress. Another resolution included would ask Congress to weigh a Constitutional amendment to limit service in Congress, across both chambers, to 18 years. A third bill previously reported by Fox News Digital would stop lawmakers from being paid in the event of a shutdown while a fourth would loosen requirements for firing certain federal workers.

The bigger package does include term limits of 18 years.

An age limit doesn’t always work – look at the case of 55-year-old Senator John Fetterman (D-PA). He is 20 years younger than the limit yet he is clearly floundering. Something to think about.