Correct. And since the 17th Amendment, states have not had enough power. The author has it completely upside down.
Yes. Young people have no clue, that the 17th eroded states' rights. It used to be that people in a state elected others who selected state senators, to truly represent their state's interests. That died with the 17th. Now senators are voted in by people representing a culture having nothing to do with their state, and those senators vote in lock-step with that culture. The Democrat culture is particularly nasty in not representing a state's interests.
My thought as well. The senators SHOULD represent the state interests and the 17th Amendment neutered that.