July 1 9, 2021
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door for a new mascot name
To the Editor:
Regarding the name change and athletic cooperation
for two of our county’s former fierce rivals:
Couldn’t they at least come up with something imag-
inative or distinctive? While “Cougars” is not as common
as “Wildcatsf’ it is still another ho-hum animal nickname
like a hundred others. The re—namers must be taking a cue
from the University of North Dakota, which now has a
nickname so boring few can even remember it.
Why not have a naming contest and bring out some
power that often are byproducts of
numerous terms in governmental po-
sitions.
Modem—day opponents of con-
gressional term limits offer several
arguments against inorganic ceilings.
There is a genuine concern that term
limits will, for example, decrease the
capacity and expertise of Congress,
undercutting its ability to pass wise,
effective legislation and policies. Ex-
perience matters, it is said, as it does
everywhere else. The numerous and
varied problems that Congress con-
fronts requires skills often acquired
through years of serving in Congress.
‘ Opponents of term limits are quick to
note that freshmen members will be
likely to defer to experienced law-
makers, those skilled in the art of
making laws, which will have the net
effect of extending or consolidating
the power of those boasting years of
experience.
Term limits, it is argued, will also
create a disincentive for members to
develop expertise in complex policy
areas. Why spend the many hours,
months and years acquiring knowl-
edge in foreign affairs and national
security matters, or developing ex-
pertise and learning in areas such as
tax policy, if term limits will arbi-
trarily cut short members’ ability to
create and pass legislation that will
well serve the nation? The resulting
“disinterest,” it is claimed, will lead
to further legislative deference to the
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Gary Eller
Ames, Iowa
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executive and the agencies that ad-
minister laws on a daily basis.
The theme of “arbitrariness”
courses through the arguments of
those who oppOse term limits. It is
one thing to defeat and thus remove
from office incompetent members,
but why punish those members who
are hard-working, competent, skilled
and extremely valuable representa-
tives on the behalf of the American
electorate. Further, why punish the
voters, and deprive them of their
democratic right to select their repre-
sentatives in the House and Senate?
Punishment of effectiveness strikes .
these advocates as arbitrary and un-
wise.
Opponents of term limits also
doubt that the mechanism will actu-
ally curb the corruption that advo-
cates claim is directly tied to
careerism. As a consequence, there is
no reason to set term ineligibility in
constitutional concrete. The assertion
of undue influence of lobbyists on
members of Congress won’t be al-
layed, but rather exacerbated, by
term limits, they say. While advo-
cates of limits believe that members
might look more closely at the merits: :
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Do cougars (the non-human variety) even exist in the
When Minnesota was awarded a professional football
team they worked hard to find a name with meaning. Not
only does “Vikings” reflect a competitive spirit but it hon-
ors the many Scandinavians who helped populate the re-
of legislation, withoutthe overbear—' ‘
ing presence of lobbyists, the reverse
is true. Novice legislators will be—
come more, not less, reliant on lob-
byists once veteran legislators are
removed from office. The loss of ex-
perience and expertise is reflected,
they contend, in Surveys conducted
in states with term limits. In those
states, lawmakers exhibit greater re-
liance on bureaucrats, agencies and
lobbyists.
As citizens ponder the question of
the relative desirability of term lim-
its, they would do well to grapple
with the pros and cons of such a
proposition. Both sides have good ar-
guments worth consideration.
Adler is president of The Alturas
Institute,'created to advance Ameri-
can Democracy through promotion
of the Constitution, civic education,
equal protection and gender equality.
Send questions about the Consti—
tution to Dr. Adler at NDWTPCol—
umn@gmail.com and he will attempt
to answer them in subsequent
columns. '
This column is provided by the
North Dakota Newspaper Associa-
tion and "Humanities North' Dakota.
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