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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Great idea. Representatives are for the people. Senators are for the states.
That’s the way it was designed.
After the 17th was enacted, states lost representation in the Federal government.
So you are aligning yourself with the progressives of the early 20th century. Who knew that you are really a Democrat/progressive operative.
You are an old fart aren’t you? I mean that in the most endearing way of course.
Right. And the 17th amendment is the pinnacle of that movement.
Fun fact: Who do you think ratified the 17th Amendment ?
I am sick or progressives, like you, hijacking Free REPUBLIC.
You can’t win an argument, so insults are all you have.
Go look in the mirror.
Teddy was a blow hard and Woodrow Satin's spawn.
You can’t win with constant posting either. Does it anger you when someone refutes your gas-lighting?
Fun fact: How many Demonrat U.S. Senators would there have been in 1937 had the 17th Amendment not been ratified ?
Hint: Enough to have supported each and every radical Socialist program and the court-packing notion of FDR.
I answer with facts, you answer with insults.
Frankly, n00b, your postings are so predictably banal, hostile and ignorant, that most people here consider you to be a troll.
You can click on a link can't you?NCSL
Old wrinkled progressives telling me what’s what. This is rich.
Fixing a broken method of selection of Senators was a necessary action.
Math is hard but not that hard.
Who are these magical Conservatives that would stand 100% with President Trump that would be elected by the state legislatures ? Name them. When you can’t even get TEXAS to elect a Conservative by the legislature, you think you’ll get Conservatives in more marginal states ?
BTW, your math skills are lacking. 30 x 2 = 60. 66/67 Senators are needed for a veto-proof majority.
30 x 2 = 60
Ok 60 for cloture, which is essentially the same thing.
Say it, don’t spray it. See post #137. That you think these legislatures would ALL elect Republicans reflexively or that many - or ANY - would be Conservatives is completely ludicrous.
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