The States abdicated their say when they ratified the 17th amendment. Once that happened - the fine balance the framers envisioned got thrown out of whack. What was supposed to be a body that represented the states interests turned into a Hose of Representative style popularity contest. Bad thing is - it lacks the localized responsibility to a constituency of a House of Representative member and isn't checked every two years like House members.
No, the Senate, following the 17th amendment, became something else. Responsible to nobody locally, nor to the state specifically. Arrogant prom kings and queens that lack any real kind of supervision or accountability.
The body of Congress that was supposed to effectively balance the power of a strong executive branch was flushed down the toilet long ago. We are only starting to recognize the impacts.
Personal opinon of course...
I quite agree and could add a lot more. Even the confederacy realized that there were several, non-slavery related, common sense changes that should have been made *then* to the constitution, which they put into their confederate constitution. But those changes have never made it to the US constitution.
From the very start to today, we still haven’t figured out a good way to pay for the operations of the federal government. The Income Tax and FICA are already collapsing from their overhead.
Marbury v. Madison resulted in the imperial presidency feared by the founding fathers, because the president is now above the law, impeachment and conviction being almost impossible.
Abraham Lincoln gave us corporate civil rights, that sorely need to be distinguished from living human civil rights.
Both the Posse Comitatus and War Powers Acts need to be integrated into the constitution. As does a Balanced Budget and prohibition of federal largess to individuals amendments.
Term limits for everyone. And there are many more issues beyond that.
Bingo! I’ve been saying exactly that for the past 6 years now.