#10 THE JUDICIAL STRATEGY ROUTE

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Another strategy which may enable the advent of Congressional
term limits is reversal of the Supreme Court’s 1995 5 to 4 controversial
decision (US Term Limits vs Thornton) that the states do not have the
right to determine the terms of their Congresspeople.

At the time of this 5 to 4 ruling, 14 states had already passed term limits
for their Congresspeople, and 11 more had scheduled ballot initiatives
to do so for the next election. There is little doubt, considering the
general feeling in the country in favor of term limits, that once 50%
of the states had done so , the rest of the nation would follow shortly.

Despite the current furor in Congress over the filibustering of
judicial nominees, it appears that due to the ages and infirmities
of some of the incumbent justices, that there will be some new
appointments to the Court during 2005 or 2006. Should the Administration
succeed in getting confirmation of 2 or 3 relatively conservative
justices (‘strict constructionists’), it would not be surprising
to see new challenges reach the Court defending the right of states
to set term limits for their congressional contingent.

We now can count on one more viable strategy fo Congressional Term Limits.

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

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