Our Constitution stipulated Senators were set to have 6-year terms, but that didn’t mean they were necessarily going to serve it out. It was a gentleman’s agreement that if they couldn’t follow the instruction of their state legislatures or there was a party change, they would step down at any point when this occurred. Only when these guys realized they weren’t LEGALLY bound to step aside (instead of honor-bound), that’s the point at which I make my argument against the 17th repealers that the Founding Fathers’ Senate vision failed.
Now, while I’m saying all that above, which you pretty much know by heart now, given that the public now serves as a stand-in for the state legislatures, if the Senators are not following the will of the electorate, they should either step aside for someone who will (which they won’t) or face a recall effort. If it results in a revolving door, so be it. It’s pretty clear that the longer people stay in DC, the more rotten they become and removed from doing the will of the people and following the Constitution.
The Founding Fathers would likely be horrified to see the U.S. Senate being used as a nursing home for old elitists.
“The Founding Fathers would likely be horrified to see the U.S. Senate being used as a nursing home for old elitists.”
Serving (House, Senate, POTUS) was NEVER intended to be a lifetime appointment, period.