[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Contains links referring to articles on the 17th Amemdment and groups working for its repeal, as well as the electoral college, Ron Paul, and other issues involving the Federal Government. --TSR

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Democracy is overrated PING!

[wideawake]

The Seventeenth Amendment was passed on the argument that it would curb oligarchy in the Senate, not enhance it: which stands to reason.

[theDentist]

17th Amendment text:

Clause 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

Clause 2. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

Clause 3. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

[theDentist]

So, in laymans terms, what is your gripe with the 17th Amendment?