But a term limit, according to Mr. Emery; Mr. Lane Edward C. Wallacee, a former councilman and a lawyer; and two former city corporation counsels, Victor A. Kovner and Paul A. Crotty, is a matter of "qualification" for office.
There's also the small matter of qualification.
I don't think it's a matter of qualification.
And of course there remains the not inconsiderable matter of his qualifications - or his lack of one.
But it's also a matter of poor qualifications, explained Sami Ghaleb, editor of the independent, but financially strapped, weekly newspaper Al Nidaa'.
"So if the government wants to work they can do it, but it's a matter of experience and qualifications".
And in the matter of his employment qualifications: He holds an "O-1" work permit, which qualifies him to stay in the United States as long as he wants, because of his "extraordinary ability" and achievement in the arts.
What's worse, at the time I was offered the job, I believed that this question of qualifications mattered.
For instance, they might argue that what really matters is the number of qualifications a youngster has when they leave school - not how many they have at a particular point.
"Perceptions of qualifications really matter in this game," said Lee Epstein, a law professor at Northwestern who maintains a database of the justices' characteristics.
