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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 10:55 AM Original message |
One thing I never quite understood. Term Limits are unconstitutional for Congress but |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. The President's term limits come from an Amendment to the Constitution. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The irony is that the republicans pushed that because of FDR |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think all congressional term limits have been found unconstitutional. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I believe Congress did indeed try to inact Term Limits as part of the Contract with America. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Those were self imposed and when it came time they forgot all about it. |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They voted on it but it did not pass. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. Because we amended the Constitution to enact presidential term limits. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Constitutional amendments are legally part of the Constitution. So the |
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