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Naturally, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger supports an amendment allowing foreigners to be President. But he's not actively campaigning for it; he doesn't need to. On Nov. 15, a year after he was sworn in, a $20,000 ad ran in five California cities cheerfully urging residents to "help...
A few nations with designs on permanent seats--India, Japan, Germany and Brazil--greeted the proposals more or less warmly, despite the disappointing denial of veto power. But they still have lobbying to do. Any amendment to the U.N. charter would have to be approved by two-thirds of the...
Looking down the line, Schwarzenegger is already collecting donations for his re-election campaign in 2006, although he has not yet announced that he will run. The fund has $1.1 million on deposit. His staff is "operating on the assumption of a re-elect unless he makes a decision otherwise...
The evolution of democracy has been a long and, at times, painful process. In the last millennium governments of the people have managed to eliminate unjust voting restrictions based on race, property and gender. Now, we stand on the brink of true equality among the citizenry with only one obstacle...
Intuitively, we, the established electorate, hesitate to grant voting rights to toddling babes and pubescent middle-schoolers, just as those with the vote have always looked down on those without. During the early twentieth century crisis concerning women’s suffrage, many skeptics clung to the beliefs expressed by...