Greedy Trial Lawyer
Litigation In The Public Interest - Enforcing The Term Limits Promise
Category: Seeing Clearly Now
Overlawyered has a post on a lawsuit we should encourage. In fact, I suggest a class action.
Congressman sued for breaking "Contract with America"
U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker, a Republican who represents Mississippi's First District, is being sued by Democratic opponent Ken Hurt on the grounds that he breached a promise made in connection with the "Contract with America" not to run for a seventh term.The Contract, which Republicans put forth as part of their successful campaign for control of Congress in 1994, proposed 12-year term limits for House members, and Hurt says Wicker promised to serve no more than that span. The term limit idea was never enacted into law. Wicker's campaign manager, Kirk Sims, called the new suit "frivolous and, quite frankly, a little nutty".
Of course, even if Rep. Wicker were to honor his promise not to run for a 7th term in Congress I am sure he would either (a) bequeath his seat to someone in his family or (b) use his connections to remain in Washington with FEMA.
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