Since the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to dictate policy for the vote-winning gay issues that he is addressing, misguided Rubio is a good example why the 17th Amendment should never have been ratified.
The 17th Amendment needs to disappear.
Absolutely. The whole nature of our republic was changed by that ruling.
The LARGEST geographic vote region was originally designed to be a congressional district.
Presidents were chosen by the electors (whose numbers matched congressional districts)
Senators were chosen by state legislators who had much smaller districts.
So, SMALL groups of people put forward the best qualified that they knew at a LOCAL level. In truth, all politics used to be LOCAL.
Now, the big national and international machines have taken it over.