YES YES YES!!!! This fits in perfectly with this return to constitutional "Federalism" philosophy. As people watch in amazement as they become freer and tax are reduced, Trump will have an amazing bully pulpit to put this proposal for a constitutional amendment out there. Of course will be fought tooth and nail by the greedy Senators who are used to all the bit $$$$ coming in from super powerful lobbyists who can compete at the Federal/national level, they won't want to go back to being elected by a measly little state legislature but too bad too sad for them.
That one thing will do huge wonders for reigning in the Fed behemoth.
An amendment to repeal the 17th Amendment is a solid discussion point on FR going on for years under Article V threads which are seeing great progress in state legislatures that it’s fast becoming a reality.
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Here’s an illustration:
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AMENDMENT XXVIII (State Franchise Sufferage) +++TERM LIMITS+++
To restore effective franchise and suffrage of State Legislatures to Congress, the following amendment is proposed:
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Section 1.
A Senator in Congress shall be subject to recall by their respective state legislature or by voter referendum in their respective state.
Section 2.
Term limits for Senators in Congress shall be set by vote in their respective state legislatures but in no case shall be set less than twelve years nor more than eighteen years.
Section 3:
The seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
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More can be found here:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3523449/posts?page=15#15
A key takeaway for repealing the 17th is that we need to think in terms of not voting them ‘in’, but voting them ‘out’. We can’t vote them out now using recall because a federal court ruled in the case of Sen. Frank Church that it was unconstitutional to do so.
Another info note is that today, the President wants ***Term Limits***. This will never happen from Congress itself. It can only happen practically through states under Article V of the Constitution.