Just curious here...How does the 17th amendment modify the interpretation of the idea of recalling a Senator, since they are now elected by direct popular vote instead of by the State legislature.
I don’t see how directly electing him vs. having a state legislature elect him would change the basic fact that the U.S. Senator position is defined by the U.S. Constitution and that document controls his term of service and means of expulsion. If the U.S. Constitution states that the term for a Senator SHALL be six years, how can any state body decide that it shall be anything less?