Posted on 09/08/2020 3:37:45 PM PDT by maggief
Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse called for the repeal of the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in an op-ed published Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal.
Proposed in 1912 and ratified by 36 state legislatures on April 8, 1913, the amendment required U.S. senators to be elected by popular votes in each state. Prior to its enactment, Article I of the Constitution mandated that each state legislature vote to send two senators to Washington.
Sasse’s op-ed, titled, “Make the Senate Great Again,” suggested several Senate reforms “aimed at promoting debate, not ending it.”
“What would the Founding Fathers think of America if they came back to life?” Sasse began. “Their eyes would surely bug out first at our technology and wealth. But I suspect they’d also be stunned by the deformed structure of our government. The Congress they envisioned is all but dead. The Senate in particular is supposed to be the place where Americans hammer out our biggest challenges with debate. That hasn’t happened for decades—and the rot is bipartisan.”
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Not Republican legislatures. Are you senile too?
There you go again.
How would you like your now Stalinazi majority VA legislature ensuring your state never elects another Republican for decades to come ? The Demonrat Party and Soros would LOVE it !
Power mad politicians passed this long ago. There is NO WAY they would ever give that up. They enjoy the press, the prestige, the money, the power. This is the worst Amendment we have, hands down.
It’s cute that you actually think those Republican legislatures would elect Conservatives.
How’s that state legislature of yours doing there, Hoss ?
Wrong on so many levels. Knowing that your state legislature could actually make a real difference will put the spotlight on them thus changing everything. Right now most people don't even know the name of the state rep.
Do I think Utah’s legislature would elect Willard ? Yup.
I don’t want corrupt state legislators electing my Senators. Next up, we’ll have people recommending said legislatures elect the Governors (some used to do that, too). We need to be lessening the power of elected officials, not strengthening them. They’re far too powerful already.
There are 50 states not all will do it like that.
Far from it. Letting children vote is far worse. We need to raise the voting age to 30 or 35.
Your point doesn’t mean we shouldn’t repeal the 17th amendment.
I know mine. I don’t want my Demonrat moonbat legislators, that I did NOT vote for, taking the power away from me as a voter.
And screaming “idiot” and “you’re senile” at others makes YOUR point ? Or acting like a fascist to want to throw others off FR that don’t support giving MORE power to politicians with repeal ?
As a Californicater, Nick gets some lame brain ideas that he projects like his liberal neighbors. He is a good egg just he has never really lived in real America so he doesn’t get a lot of things..
This issue is so fundamental that anyone that is against repealing the 17th means they really should not be posting opinions here.
Your post would lead some to believe you may have cognitive problems.
No, you in fact I am amazed by your lack of historical astuteness. FR has lost it’s fastball.
Anti 17th amendment imposters show how many stupid Freepers there really are. Sad.
You are showing how stupid you are. Man give it up. In 1912 the progressives pushed this amendment and now you are doing the same. THINK about that for a second.
Did you even read what you just typed ?
Every time this subject comes up, you totally lose all reason and sense of propriety.
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