Word: counsels
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Opponents of term limits argue that Americans have always had the power to turn incumbents out of office -- by voting. It's not that simple, says Cleta Deatherage Mitchell, the general counsel for the Term Limits Legal Institute and co-counsel in Bryant v. Hill. "Incumbents have such enormous advantages that it makes the whole notion of competitive elections a mockery," she says. "It almost takes a national temper tantrum to dislodge incumbents." Meanwhile, Rotunda points to the existence of one federal-term limit -- the two terms of the President. "The nation has survived, indeed flourished," he adds. Furthermore, there...
...Angeles Times reported that Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr will bring indictments before the end of December. Among the most likely targets, said the Times: James McDougal and his wife Susan, who were the Clintons' partners in the ill-fated Whitewater Development Corp.; former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell; and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker...
...news reports. Hubbell, a 15-year Clinton insider andformer partner of Mrs. Clinton, resigned from the number three spot at the Justice Departmentlast Marchamid accusations that he submitted false billings to the government. Even though the charges against Hubbell are only tangentially related to Whitewater, his deal withIndependent Counsel Kenneth Starris an embarrassment for the Administration and may put the long time associate of the Clintons in a position to shed light on whether Clinton or his wife misused their influence when he was governor of Arkansas or since the administration took power in 1993. "His eventual sentence is contingent...
...will certainly be seeking his counsel and advice," Carnesale said. "But we want to make sure that the extent to which he is involved is consistent with his rest and his being able to undergo the test...
...round of new moves in the Whitewater investigation over the last 24 hours may have current and former Clinton Administration officials fidgeting behind their desks. The Washington Times reports thatIndependent Counsel Kenneth Starris focusing on Clinton aides Bruce Lindsey and Betsey Wright in a probe of the Whitewater land deal's finances. (Wright called the Times story "poisonous poppycock and unfounded balderdash.")TIME Washington correspondent Suneel Ratansays both were involved in one of Starr's longtime targets -- the financing of Clinton's 1984 and 1990 gubernatorial campaigns. Meanwhile, Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee have sent a letter to Starr...