Posted on 11/17/2017 5:51:31 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Indeed. There are a plethora of reasons for repealing the Seventeenth, but Moore is not one of them.
Actually, I was thinking the repealing the 19th would be more efficacious.
What do you think popular election did?
Arizona’s State House is not responsible here.
Not with the way males (versus men) vote today it wouldn’t.
Me too. The 17th should be repealed but not because of Roy Moore.
I’ve said this for years. The two worst mistakes ever made were the ratification of the 16th and 17th Amendments.
Agreed.
The issue is repeal.
It’s sad that most Americans have no clue what the 17th amendment says, never mind the destruction it has brought.
Repeal should happen, but in practical terms? Not likely.
It’s complicated and the dynamics of human nature that were carefully considered when our Constitution was being drafted are no longer part of the equation today.
Repeal of the 17th is never going to happen under our current political process/system. We can’t even repeal 0bamacare or allow our President to set immigration policy.
The only path to repeal is by Article V, and even that will/is a huge task.
In order to repeal an amendment, it has to be legitimately passed first. Was the 17th Amendment ever really legitimately enacted?
Please post your view of the effects of the 19th Amendment.
Will never happen. Shouldn’t have happened in the first place. How the heck did it happen? Amazing the me that 3/4 of the state would vote to give up that authority.
I agree with repeal of 17th.
I disagree with idea that Moore is a debacle...the debacle is the nature of the GOP-E.
Once again, you and I are on the same page.......are we twins?........lol
“Please post your view of the effects of the 19th Amendment.”
Hillary Clinton.
Any more questions?
L
PS. Since my mother always votes for conservatives, I must take offense to that.
What debacle? This whole thing was a liberal dirty trick to begin with.
I always felt the civil war had a hand in pushing the idea of a 17th. It was a power consolidation move by the federal government.
Even though pre-17th is basically a crony system, it left room for State Legislatures to decide on how the Senator came into office.
It was not thought out correctly. Had it passed that Senators could be recalled and that they couldn’t except out of state money for their campaigns — we wouldn’t be having this type of problem.
The question as to whether the Seventeenth was actually ratified by the proper number of states is still quite open.
John Daniel Davidson is the debacle.
How is pre-Seventeenth a crony system? Especially when post-Seventeenth is absolutely a crony system, even worse with the associated lobby system?
She’s not POTUS.
“Please post your view of the effects of the 19th Amendment.”
I’ll expand:
Roe v Wade
Bella Abzug
Geraldine Ferraro
Bill Clinton
Obama
Does that clear things up?
L
“She’s not POTUS.”
Thank God. She did more than enough damage as a Senator and Secretary of State.
Thanks for proving my point.
L
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