[who_would_fardels_bear]

If we believe that states are like sovereign countries and those sovereign countries decide to change election procedures via their executive or judicial branches then I guess the Supreme Court did the right thing by staying out of the fight.

It seems that conservatives who wanted the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the state legislatures were just doing so because the state legislatures at this time happen to be more conservative than the state courts or executive branches.

Similar arguments are made regarding a desire to repeal the 17th Amendment: currently if all state legislatures voted along party lines then the senate would be solidly Republican.

But if the 17th Amendment were repealed and the Supreme Court had given preference to state legislatures in election matters, then over time the Dems would make a more concerted effort to gain control of the state legislatures.

Then every layer of government would be ruled by a single party and we would truly be a nation of provinces rather than a federation of countries.

[cuban leaf]

But if the 17th Amendment were repealed and the Supreme Court had given preference to state legislatures in election matters, then over time the Dems would make a more concerted effort to gain control of the state legislatures.

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But that would be very difficult. It’s harder to fool people in a small area than in a large area. You are more “known”.