FILE – In this Oct. 8, 2010, file photo U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for a photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Four Republican-appointed justices, front row from left, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy and top right, Samuel Alito Jr., control the fate of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. For the law to stand only one of the four needs to decide that it, and its centerpiece of requiring almost every American to buy insurance or pay a penalty, passes constitutional muster. At top left is Justice Stephen Breyer. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Commentary: Term limits for the three branches of government would be a start. Mac Deford OWLS HEAD, Maine — Last week was a bad one for the homeland (that’s the politically correct term we’ve been taught to call our country since Sept. 11). And the worst thing was not the Boston Marathon bombing.