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one of the best things for this country would be to rescind he 17th and let the State legislators choose their Senators .
Wow...I thought Senators are all appointed..."until the Special Election..."
;-)
Just another reason why DE’s state government is as useless as &$&# on a boar hog.
Just another reason why DE’s state government is as useless as &$&# on a boar hog.
There is a sense in which the ratification of the 17th Amendment by Delaware is not moot.Article V - Amendment Note1 - Note2 - Note3 The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.If you interpret "State" above to mean the government of a State - which is IMHO the clear intent, since prior to the 17th Amendment the governments of the States were what were represented in the Senate - ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment actually required unanimous consent by the States.