Reference Library

The Reference Library collects source materials that Rotation Research treats as structurally significant. Inclusion reflects analytical usefulness within the Framework, not endorsement of conclusions or policy positions. Sources are included where they document durable concepts, institutional practice, design logic, constitutional reasoning, or historical developments used across Worked Examples and analytical pages.

Lee H. Hamilton — Congressional Reform (1975)
Contemporaneous account of congressional reform examining seniority, accumulated committee-chair authority, and changes in the distribution of institutional authority within the House of Representatives.
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Edward H. Crane and Roger Pilon — The Politics and Law of Term Limits (1994)
Edited volume documenting the constitutional, legal, historical, and institutional debates surrounding congressional and state term limits during the modern term-limit movement.
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Edward H. Crane — Senate Testimony on Congressional Term Limits (1995)
Congressional testimony articulating eligibility-design logic for legislative rotation, including rotation floors, incentive structure, selection effects, and circulation norms. Used in the Canonical House Limit Design (3-Term Architecture Worked Example.
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U.S. Senate Report 104-158 — Congressional Term Limits (1995)
Senate Judiciary Committee report documenting formal consideration of a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits, including amendment design, transition provisions, constitutional reasoning, minority views, and legislative history.
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Last updated — September 2026