[JohnHuang2]

Quote of the Day by Mom_Grandmother

[goldstategop]

As long as Trent "Gutless Wonder" Lott is around, don't expect Senate Republicans to grow a spine.

[Demidog]

But they [the founders] thought the Senate's accountability to the electorate would deter abuse.

And then he goes on to quote Justice Story?

Furthermore, weren't the Senators appointed by the State legislatures at the time? Doesn't make much sense that it was the electorate that would be the check here. What makes more sense is that the Senators, because they were appointed by the legislatures would have the health of their State at the foremost in their mind even if they didn't have their own citizenry in mind.

And certainly, the Senators would be as far removed from the favors of lobbyists as possible. Since they weren't elected and required no warchests to become Senators, the influence of special interests was non-existent.

This is a pretty poor analysis I think. The 17th amendment was a BAD idea.

[tberry]

"The Democrats have never been held accountable for their usurpation of the president’s appointment power and the systematic character assassination "Borking" of politically unacceptable judicial nominees. If anything, they have been emboldened by the Republicans’ feckless response."

" Until Republicans get in the fight, they will be making fools of the framers by allowing the abject nullification of the President’s appointment power by the anti-constitutionalists."

When will conservatives wake up and see that today's Republicans are no better than the conservative Democrats of a few years ago.?