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Does youthful energy drive better outcomes?
Term limits supporters cite the importance of youthful enthusiasm, broader outside experience and new ideas that come into office with freshman legislators. Opponents often counter that the loss of...
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Arkansas 'reform' just an obscurantist attack on term limits
Whereas first you don't succeed, lie lie again. That's the motto of the Arkansas state legislature, which is trying for the second time to effectively nullify the state's voter-approved term limits....
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Arkansas GOP incumbents want to lock the door behind them
After Contract With America author U.S. Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) got comfortable with his new Republican majority in the House in 1994, he famously said that "if we Republicans can straighten out the...
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There's still time to save Arkansas GOP from term limits debacle
As reported earlier, the anti-term limits measure to appear on the Arkansas ballot in 2014 would appear to a boon to Republicans who aim to protect their incumbents and solidify the GOP's state...
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Politicians fight term limits with ... Sanctioned Murder?
When a movement to limit terms springs up, politicians and special interests resort to nearly every trick in the book to stop it. This usually involves sending out teams of lawyers.A new mystery...
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In gay marriage decision, did Supremes inadvertently empower pols?
Even those who cheered the result of the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision regarding gay marriage should be concerned about how the court reached it. Recall that in 2008 California voters passed...
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Comic offers cosmic redefinition of machine politics
Readers of this blog know of my interest in cultural manifestations of term limits as well as the political ones. Usually these show up in novels.Our sighting today is a comic book -- er, I mean...
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Term limits top the list of Levin's 'Liberty Amendments'
Talk show host and lawyer Mark Levin says at one time he opposed amending the U.S. Constitution via the state convention process. But now his skepticism has turned to enthusiasm and in his new book,...
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New Yorkers punish term limits foe in mayor's race
At first considered the front-runner, term limits foe Christine Quinn went down in flames Tuesday as New York Democrats chose Bill de Blasio to be their nominee for New York City mayor. She didn't even...
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It's about time: Term limits coming to Illinois!
By nearly any metric, Illinois is a basket case. In terms of growth of gross domestic output and growth of employment the state has long trailed the nation. Taxpayers have been migrating out of the...
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Term limits address the special ills of Illinois
As reported earlier, a campaign has been launched to put 8-year legislative term limits and other reforms on the Illinois ballot for November 2014. While every state legislature should have them, there...
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Illinois 'legislative reform' package is more than just term limits
The Illinois 8-year term limits initiative intended for the November 2014 ballot is a package of reforms, yet all the attention will be paid to its centerpiece. Indeed, it is the 8-year term limits...
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Armor's 'Why Term Limits' an oldie but a goodie
I am sometimes asked for the best primer on term limits. I respond that I haven't written it yet!I wish I were joking. There have been some good books written on term limits -- The Cato Institute's...
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OBIT: Ex-Speaker Thomas Foley's term expires
by Paul Jacob via Town HallWe never met. Even if we had met, we wouldn’t have been friends: we wouldn’t have traded holiday cards, certainly wouldn’t have shared a drink or played tennis or joked...
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NEWS FLASH: Montana pols don't like to be term limited
As if it were news, the Washington Postreported this week that Montana "legislators in both parties expressed frustration" with state term limits and are considering taking another stab at gutting...
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Nevada Supremes take on Reno cheater case
Typically, term limits win at the ballot box with 60-70 percent of the vote. The best refuge for self-interested scoundrels seeking to evade them has been the courts. The latest episode in this...
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Voters betrayed by the Arkansas gang of four
Here is the Oct. 16 press release from U.S. Term Limits about four state legislators in Arkansas that signed a pro-term limits pledge during the 2012 campaign, but violated it immediately after they...
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USTL opens new digs in South Florida
With term limits polling at historic highs and Congress at historic lows, U.S. Term Limits is ramping up operations in preparation for the coming national battle over Congressional term limits.The...
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Opposition to anti-term limits amendment pushes Arkansas Senate candidate...
Tuesday was the first time voters had a chance to weigh in on the Arkansas legislature's sneaky passage of an anti-term limits amendment unscrupulous politicians are calling an "ethics" bill. It...
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Regnat Populus strikes Devil's Bargain with corporate interests
The anti-term limits amendment apparently headed to the November 2014 statewide ballot in Arkansas might not have started out as a scam. But as it made its way through Little Rock, a Devil's Bargain...
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