BISMARCK — North Dakota legislative leaders have voted to hire outside attorneys to represent them in a new lawsuit over a ballot measure that would change voter-approved legislative term limits. ADVERTISEMENTThe ballot measure, if approved, would alter the 2022 constitutional amendment that established legislative term limits. But that 2022 amendment contains a provision that specifically says state lawmakers may not propose an amendment to “alter or repeal” those term limits. Mary Steurer / North Dakota MonitorHogue said the lawsuit is an opportunity for the North Dakota Supreme Court to weigh in on whether the provision is constitutional. The 2022 constitutional amendment says state lawmakers can serve no more than eight years in the House and eight years in the Senate.