1 posted on
12/21/2017 12:54:36 AM PST by
Jacquerie
To: Jacquerie
An excellent treatise on the 17A with a history timeline and the political characters involved. Best observation was the interconnection of populism and progressivism in the early 20th Century to speed the 17A into the Constitution.
2 posted on
12/21/2017 1:12:57 AM PST by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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3 posted on
12/21/2017 1:16:24 AM PST by
Jacquerie
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5 posted on
12/21/2017 2:34:51 AM PST by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
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6 posted on
12/21/2017 3:25:45 AM PST by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Women prefer men with money and muscles. DUH!)
To: Jacquerie
We got both the 16th (federal income tax) and the 17th from the most dangerous president of the 20th century - Wilson, yet another “Progressive”.
7 posted on
12/21/2017 3:30:25 AM PST by
Pecos
(A Constitutional republic shouldnÂ’t need to hold its collective breath in fear of lawyers.)
To: Jacquerie
Great corporations, fumed Bryan, . . . are able to compass the election for their tools and their agents through the instrumentality of Legislatures, as they could not if Senators were elected directly by the people. He sure got that wrong! It's been my understanding that the states themselves ratified the 17th because state legislature members were tired of the scrutiny the election of Senators shined upon them. It's a simple truth that any committee of voted members will always strive to find ways of passing the buck.
10 posted on
12/21/2017 5:42:16 AM PST by
Nateman
(The louder the left screams , the better it is for America!)
To: Jacquerie
29 posted on
12/22/2017 5:59:25 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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