OohPooPahDoo
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Should The Senate Go Back To Being Elected By The State Legislatures?
Most of us know that the U.S. Senate used to be elected by the state legeslatures. The founding fathers did this on purpose so that the states would have a say in government. Of course, this was done away with via the 17th amendment despite the fact that the U.S. House of Represenatives was allready the peoples house which was popularly elected. To date, all congressmen are elected via popular vote and we now have a federal government that caters to popularism at the expense of the 10th Amendment in the Bill of Rights. Today the federal government raises taxes on the states and forces the states to pass laws that the federal government cannot constitutionaly make them do in order to get their money back, an extortion that no doubt our founders wanted to prevent. Moreover, the Supreme Court Justices, Treaty's, and other nominations and Senate duty's are carried out by a popularly elected body opposite the wishes of the founding fathers. Furthermore, in light of the current health care law (Obamacare) being contested by 25, if not currently more, states, would this have been prevented if the states had a say in the federal government as they used to? For those who wonder what happened to the 10th amendment, look no further than the 17th. Should The Senate Go Back To Being Elected By The State Legislatures?
Article 1 Section 3: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof
The 17th Amendment: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof
The 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
YouTube - ‪Thomas DiLorenzo - The 17th Amendment‬‏
How dare the government cater to the people! Those powers are reserved for the people!
Seriously guys? 18 of you want Senators to be nothing more than spoils of war for the ruling legislative party? Have you seen what the state legislatures have done to the state budgets in the past decade?
I would doubt the average intelligence of a state legislator is higher than the average intelligence of a voter.
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