Just put the senator being elected from the states and most of the nonsense that has occurred since direct election of senators would be fixed.
Right now the states have no say at the federal level.
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I am neutral on whether Senators should be appointed by their State governments. But taking the democratic power from a State’s citizens to elect their Senators would not be popularly supported.
Also, it would not create the desired salutary competition between Federal and State governments that this proposed Amendment.
I wouldn’t let the NY State legislature name a truant officer let alone a US Senator.