The 17th Amendment is the WORST legislation ever produced by our country, before passage Senators were elected by state representatives who were responsible for their own state districts. Today it is mob rule by one of two political parties, the dems and RINOs. This not what the Founders had in mind when The Great Compromise was written into the Constitution and look what it has evolved into these days.
The Senate today days is controlled by one of the two political mobs and represents themselves/uniparty more than state legislators who would have spoken for the state’s residents. This how those POS McConnell/Thune running the fake Republicans the last decades has happened.
MAGA has to evolve into its own party and the GOPe must die if there is to be any future for this country.
The 17A a direct assault on republicanism.
The Constitution acts on the people and the states; to deny a component member of the greater republic a seat at the legislative table is tyranny.
Only the occasional scotus decision stands between the states and their complete subservience to a national government.
It led to a politicized scotus, which at times attempts to serve the 10th Amendment political duties of the states. At other times it imposes elite social justice diktats like abortion and homosexual marriage on a defenseless society.
The 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913.
You know what else we got in 1913?
The federal income tax, with ratification the 16th Amendment. And creation of the Federal Reserve.
The timing of all 3 was not a coinkydink.
The 17th needs to be repealed.
Then the 19th and the 16th.
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100 Senators vetted by Soros would be in the Senate today if it wasn't for the 17th Amendment.
All he would have to do is to give $$$ to State GOP and they would pick the Senator (from the Soros list).
There are some flaws with the 17th Amendment obviously but direct election of Senators is preferred rather than having the State Legislature where they can be easily corrupted by someone like Soros.
We had some problems with Senators from Texas and Louisiana. At least we were able to remove them in the primary this time.
Before the 17th Amendment, the State GOP in their states will just nominate Cassidy and Cornyn again and there's nothing we can do about it.
Exactly. The house represents the people, the senate represents the states and the president represents the country. As it should be.