Term Limitations: Do the Winds of Change Blow Unconstitutional
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Authors
Safranek, Stephen J.
Issue Date
1993
Volume
26
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|The 1990 congressional midterm elections revealed few trends by which lawmakers could gauge their action. One state's voters, however, may have introduced a potent force for revising the American political landscape. Colorado voters approved a state constitutional amendment limiting its federal senators to two consecutive terms and its representatives to six consecutive terms. If constitutional this amendment could, along with similar laws in other states, transform the constituency of Congress. This Paper, however, will leave the political scenario for the pundits...
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26 Creighton L. Rev. 321 (1992-1993)
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Creighton University School of Law