“before the 17th Amendment, the Senator could be removed by the popularly elected state legislature”
You certainly make a good point there.
But still don’t concur with your compromise proposal.
We already OVER-compromise.
It wasn’t really meant to be a compromise proposal as it was a chance to get people to think about what could happen if they acutally got what they thought they wanted. they thought they wanted a popularly elected Senator, and wht they got was the lesser Senator who could not be disciplined or removedd for misconduct and misrepresentation. Likewise with all of the proposals. They keep trying to find a way to rig the system so their candidate will be the one elected, but they fail to recognize what the consequences can be after they get what they thought they wanted.
In other words, the proposal wasn;t meant to be a serious one.
It wasn’t really meant to be a compromise proposal as it was a chance to get people to think about what could happen if they acutally got what they thought they wanted. they thought they wanted a popularly elected Senator, and wht they got was the lesser Senator who could not be disciplined or removedd for misconduct and misrepresentation. Likewise with all of the proposals. They keep trying to find a way to rig the system so their candidate will be the one elected, but they fail to recognize what the consequences can be after they get what they thought they wanted.
In other words, the proposal wasn;t meant to be a serious one.