[Hostage]

Very nice deconstruction and synthesis of debate pro and con regarding the BOR.

Here’s a quote at the end:

“We the People are in a bad way. We’ve lost track of the proper relationship with our government and allow Scotus to define the breadth and depth of our rights. That is up to us, and not a few lawyers meeting in secret conclaves.”

I would add to this last comment that the 17th Amendment contributed substantially if not entirely to this lost relationship between the People and their federal government.

[Jacquerie]

Ditto re: 17A.

FWIW, you’ll get dozens of hits searching “17th Amendment” at ArticleVBlog.

[central_va]

and the 16th.