Court rules against term limits for Wyo. officials

The Wyoming Supreme Court has sided with Secretary of State Max Maxfield in ruling that term limits for him and most other statewide elected officials are unconstitutional. Friday's ruling covers the offices of secretary of state, auditor, treasurer and superintendent of public instruction. The court didn't rule on the question of whether term limits for the office of governor are constitutional. The ruling follows a 2004 decision that overturned term limits for state legislators. Voters approved term limits by initiative in 1992. The court says qualifications for state offices are spelled out in the Wyoming Constitution and requirements can only be changed by constitutional amendment, not state statute. Maxfield, who's now in his second term as secretary of state, filed the legal challenge in 2011 in his individual capacity.