To: Jacquerie
Does anyone have a good history of the 17th? What was the push behind the change? Was everyone sick of Blagojevich style auctions for Senate seats? Or had the progressive powers decided to end state appointed senators obstructing their big plans?
24 posted on
08/09/2017 7:18:51 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
To: KarlInOhio
I vaguely recall googling the topic some years ago. There is plenty of info. The 16th and 17th were, at the time, the Progressives’ dream come true. All subsequent abuses of our Constitution down to this day flow from the 17th.
31 posted on
08/09/2017 7:44:02 AM PDT by
Jacquerie
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To: KarlInOhio
Apparently it was in response to blatant corruption and the purchasing of senate seats in some states. So they pushed through the 17th Amendment and now Senate seats are bought in a different fashion.
To: KarlInOhio
Does anyone have a good history of the 17th? What was the push behind the change? Read the papers by George Mason Law School professor Todd Zywicki at this thread from 2010, especially this one.
-PJ
38 posted on
08/09/2017 8:29:12 AM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
(The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
To: KarlInOhio
55 posted on
08/10/2017 1:22:11 AM PDT by
Jacquerie
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