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To: dp0622

The 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913.

Prior to that time, Senators were appointed by State Legislators and approved by the Governor, subject to recall at any time that the aforementioned decided that the Senator was not acting in the best interest of the State.

Some folks (like *me* for instance) would argue that the Senate as described in the Constitution has not existed since that time.


90 posted on 08/30/2016 11:38:59 PM PDT by shibumi (I am the Nexus One I want more life Muthah I ain't done *~)
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To: shibumi

That’s not recent enough to blame on the 60s crop of liberals.

WTH were they thinking.

STOP TINKERING!! The rapist was wrong. The constitution isn’t a living and breathing document. It was written to STAY that way.

Of course some amendments were just. This one was just stupid.


92 posted on 08/30/2016 11:41:28 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: shibumi

Plus I dont know my amendments from my elbow but I shall take care of that in quick time.

Tomorrow’s studies are the amendments.


94 posted on 08/30/2016 11:43:21 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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