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...High Court also today took up a political football, hearing arguments for and againstterm limits for members of Congress. The Court -- which will take an initial, private vote on an Arkansas case on Friday but not issue a decision until June -- seemed leery of both sides' constitutional logic. "It's very close," Justice Antonin Scalia said. After the 90-minute session, one term-limit opponent, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), joked: "It is pretty clear the voters are taking care of the problem." BTW: Twenty-two states have approved various forms of term limits since 1990.Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERM LIMITS, PRO AND CON | 11/29/1994 | See Source »

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