#8 CONGRESS' NEW TERM LIMITS PLOY

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I just saw a TV news report that some in Congress are proposing a Constitutional
Amendment to rescind the 22nd Amendment, which limits the President to two terms.

Now, I can see some rabid Clinton fans trying to get a third term for Bill, or
some rabid Bush fans, trying to do the same for George W. But I suspect a more
devious and malign motive.

I am sure that Congress is aware that, across the country in statewide elections,
local term limits are being enacted, and re-affirmed, with extraordinary majorities.
They can see ‘which way the wind is blowing’, and that it is only a matter of time
before it is blowing for Congressional Term Limits.

Therefore, they figure if they can whip up some enthusiasm for allowing a third term
for Presidents, they feel that this would in some measure be a significant counterforce against limiting the terms of Congressional Senators and Representatives.

In my research into the Founders’ preparation for designing the Constitution, there
was considerable emphasis on Madison’s studies of great minds thruout history and on
the repeated focus of those sages on the principle of “rotation in office”, which
would be a major impediment to the growth of corruption in office.

In other words, ‘rotation in office’ is what the philosophers of old called term limits. And it was a principle they all relied upon to create and sustain healthy governance.

Should we, in the modern world, think any differently ?

Our Founders, who did such a marvelous job in creating the most successful, longest living Constitution in history, may have made a mistake in assuming that the voters would vote to assure ‘rotation in office’, and that politicians would not be able to thwart the principle of ‘rotation in office’. But, they also gave us the ability to amend the Constitution to fix their mistakes. I believe, if they were alive today, they would be disappointed to see that we have not already done so.

I am Nelson Lee Walker, and I believe that our country needs Congressional Term Limits.

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