Term Limit riots

Term Limit riots
Part of the American Splinter
From top down, left to right: Demonstration in Philadephia; police officers in front of the White House; Minnesota State Patrol troopers stand guard; Georgia Army National Guard medics assist demonstrators who had been tear gassed; a man stands in front of police officers in Seattle; demonstrators surround the Ohio State Capitol.
Date	In North America: March 22, 2031 – October 11, 2033 In Free States: March 22, 2031 – September 3, 2037
Location	United States / Reformed States Global (limited)
Caused by	United States Term Limits Act Democratic backsliding in the United States Declining freedom of the press Growing civil unrest under the Vance administration OPEN Act
Methods	Riots, protests, demonstrations, civil disobedience, civil resistance, online activism, political violence, strike action, cyberattacks, state secession
Resulted in	Deployment of the National Guard in April of 2031 Declarations of independence of the Free States, first and most notably of California Declaration of the Second American Civil War by the United States in response to Californian secession in October of 2031 Widespread civil unrest among all sides of the political spectrum across the entirety of North America, including the rise of right-wing populism in Mexico in response to the 2031 American Refugee Crisis Assassination of JD Vance in March of 2032 by an anarcho-communist and California nationalist Passage of the contentious United States Reformation Act in Congress, and the start of The Reformation, including the name change from the United States to the Reformed States in November of 2032 Increased partisan division and the growing influence of authoritarianism, national conservatism,and right-wing populism in the Reformed States, and the reform of the Democratic Party into a more progressive and left-wing party International support, particularly from Canada, of the Free States beginning in 2034, and a United Nations memorandum concerning alleged war crimes being committed by the Reformed States
Deaths, injuries, and arrests (prior to October 19, 2031)
Death(s)	41 confirmed
Injuries	57,000+
Arrested	36,000+

The Term Limit riots, also known as the Cataclyst riots, were a series of riots and demonstrations that began in March of 2031 following the passage of the United States Term Limits Act, which amended the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution to let a president serve more than two terms. The amendment, passed by a slim margin in both houses of Congress, sparked international criticism . . .