Posted on 07/01/2010 9:14:54 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Founders did it that way for a reason.
Bringing Congressional apportionment back to 1:30000...which the Founders intended...down from 1:700000 today..would create a Congress that would be 10000 members. they could meet electronically from their districts...where their constituents can keep their eye on them
The Senate is there to represent the state’s rights, without this we ended up with the public raiding state treasures by Federal Government Fiat.
Repeal 17th and replace with ....
ONE of the Senators to be appointed by majority vote of a unicameral session of the state legislators. The other Senator to be appointed directly by the Governor of the state. Both shall serve for either:
1) the remaining of the term or
2) until completion of the term or
3) until expelled by Senate rules or
4) until arraignment on state or federal felony charges AND vote to remove by majority vote of the unicameral session.
Should for any reason, a senator is unable to complete a term, a temporary appointment shall be made by the opposite body. In other words, the Governor shall appoint the replacement for the Legislative Senator and the Legislators shall appoint the replacement for the Governor’s Senator.
Screw you too, Bruce.
Boy you nailed the argument against repealing the 17th. Further,there will be no correction of foul state legislatures due to decisions by the Supreme court holding both State legislative houses must be based upon population. “One man one vote.” By removing the older system of constituting State legislatures corruption was assured.
I have contended for many years that the 16th and 17th amendments are responsible for many if not most of our problems today.
However, one of my best friends has made a very persuasive argument that it really is the 19th amendment that is the root of all our woes.
Could be just could be.
The three Amendments have a common underlying principle, “egalitarianism!”
Unfortunately, both named idiots have a lot of constituents who are also idiots and firmly believe idiots have a right to power.
You will not cure such idiocy overnight, nor will you lay the groundwork for repeal of the 17th amendment without undertaking and succeeding at far simpler and politically achievable tasks first.
It is like repealing Obamacare. Outright repeal is a pipe dream, but neutering it by taking control of the House of Representatives and defunding it is an imminently achievable task.
tnx for the linK!
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If it were repealed you can be sure that we would see Bob Bennett from Utah in the Senate until he was as old as Byrd.
And we would probably see Charlie Crist appointed by Floriduh until ice hockey was played in Hell (sigh).
The 17th Amendment fundamentally altered our form of government FROM a Representative Republic to a Democracy. Prior to passage of the 17th Amendment, the senators were elected by their state legislatures who, in turn, were elected by popular vote of the people of the state. Thus the chain of responsibility to ther voters remained intact and unbroken.
The election of senators by the state legislature allowed the US Senate to focus on matters that affected the US government AND their state without interference or influence from outside “special interests”.
After passage of the 17th Amendment, candidates to the US Senate became obligated to every campaign contributor and special interest group that had “bought” representatives in the US House of Representatives, thus transforming us FROM a Representative Republic TO a true democracy.
No system is perfect. However, repeal the 17th is necessary to restore balance to the Constitution. The Senate is to represent the sovereignty of the individual states and control the power gather by the Federal government.
Yes, the States may select poorly, but that’s life. If that happens to your’s or mine, then the remedy is to pick better state legislatures, not throw out the Constitution.
Without the State’s having control of the Federal Government, the “commerce clause” and “general welfare”
If the States have no say over the Fed, then the “commerce clause” and “general welfare means unlimited power. It means the supreme court is also no check or balance.
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