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WSJ911031-0012 | Term Limits Are Constitutional ---- By William H. Mellor | State statutes that bar first-time candidates from running for Congress have been held to add to the qualifications set forth in the Constitution and have been invalidated. For example, the 1972 decision in Dillon v. Fiorina struck down a New Mexico law requiring candidates entering a congressional primary to have belo... | house incumbents;congressional regulation;term limitations;u.s. house members;fair election system;congressional officeholders;term limits;constitution;new term-limit law;supreme court | |
WSJ911106-0109 | Liberals for Term Limits ---- By John H. Fund | One reason is that term limits would open up politics to many people now excluded from office by career incumbents. These include blacks, other minorities, and women. Most of the authors of Washington state's term limit are liberal Democrats who want to break up "the old-boy network." One of the authors, Sherry Bockwin... | california initiative;liberal democrats;american politics;democratic officeholders;career incumbents;political system;term limits;special u.s. house election;term limit measure | |
WSJ911121-0136 | Gun Control Sprouts From Racist Soil ---- By Roy Innis | When his owner died in 1846, Scott sued in the state courts of Missouri for his freedom, on the ground that he had lived in free territory. He won his case, but it was reversed in the Missouri Supreme Court. Scott appealed to the federal courts, since the person he was actually suing, John Sanford, the executor of the ... | dred scott;black people;racial paranoia;infamous rulings;gun control;second amendment | |
WSJ911212-0080 | Counterpoint: Gun Control Is Constitutional ---- By Robert A. Goldwin | The best clues to the meaning of the key words and phrases are in debates in the First Congress of the United States. The Members of that Congress were the authors of the Second Amendment. A constitutional amendment calling for the prohibition of standing armies in time of peace was proposed by six state ratifying conv... | gun control;private right;constitutional amendment;arms;gun owners;second amendment;congress | |
WSJ911224-0085 | A Free Marketeer's Case Against Term Limits ---- By Robert J. Barro | Another argument is that a citizen Congress with its continuing flow of fresh faces into Washington would result in better government than that provided by representatives with lengthy tenure. The counter-argument is that experience is an important characteristic for legislators. Each viewpoint has some validity. Presu... | officeholders;executive term limits;civil rights amendment;re-election rate;political process;electoral control process;legislative term limits;citizen congress;constitutional amendment;political representative | |
WSJ920103-0037 | Letters to the Editor: `Culture of Ruling' Corrupts Politicians | There are two solid reasons for congressional term limitation that economists, at least those of the public-choice persuasion, should fully appreciate. First, the less time that a politician spends inside the Beltway the less his or her common sense will be corrupted by the "culture of ruling" that exists there. To hav... | congressional delegations;congressional term limitation;six-year limits;corrupting influence;power-lusting professional politicians;true citizen congress;term-limit initiatives;term limits;impervious congress;legislative influence | |
WSJ920114-0145 | Letters to the Editor: Smile When You Say Gun Control | Mr. Goldwin's mistake stems from his having confused a necessary with a sufficient condition. The Second Amendment, in its language and its history, makes plain that the need for a well-regulated militia is a sufficient condition for the right to keep and bear arms. Yet Mr. Goldwin treats it as a necessary condition, w... | right;national guard;bearing arms;gun control;mr. goldwin;second amendment | |
WSJ920211-0036 | Letters to the Editor: Regulating Guns Isn't A Denial of Any Right | That same correspondent accused me of calling for "removal of all guns from American citizens through the implementation of total regulations." I said nothing like that. I said that although the Second Amendment has nothing to do with private uses of arms, there is an unenumerated but undeniable right to own a gun. We ... | gun-control legislation;gun ownership;national guard;gun control;american citizens;second amendment;undeniable right |
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