it cant be repealed, it must be a new amendment to nullify the 17th. like the 18th, prohibition, was nullified by the 21st.
that will require:
this is all political theater
They aren’t even hiding the fascism anymore
The problem for Republicans is that senate races can't be gerrymandered. Sounds like this provision would solve that problem for them. You can just smell the desperation and fear.
uhhhh... dont the people of those states elect their own local senator? how the fuck does that equal federal overreach??
overreach by representation? are they saying the problem in the united states is that we are over-represented?
ohh right.. the fascism isnt even whispered anymore
Repealing the 17th Amendment will ... make the Senate more accountable to the people of Texas
You think not letting people vote will make senators more accountable?
What kind of nonsense is this?
It cracks me up that the cons have been able to paint liberals as being "elitist" based on aspiring to be better educated (see Santorum squealing that wanting everyone to have access to a college education is "elitist" for example).
Meanwhile, they openly do nakedly extremely elitist things like this.
Not to mention being positively giddy in their support for a billionaire like Donvict. It doesn't get much more elitist than that. SMH, the cons seem to delight in perverting the English language.
How about, instead, we strip senators from congress and expand the housenof representatives to proportionally relfect the population.
Well, if we're going to be thinking about the original vision, we'd better uncap the house as well. Having a couple thousand representatives in the house, each representing a much smaller group of voters, would certainly make the country run much more as intended.
If he wants to amend the constitution, there’s a process for that. It would probably take two years, minimum. I wish him luck.
Interesting that all the cosponsors are Republicans. The midterms have them quaking in their boots.
This one is a distraction. It's intended to distract from the methods they're really counting on.
Another win for accelerationism. Man who thought the republicans would speedrun the destruction of the republic like they have. I thought it'd take more than just a few years.
ELI5 does this even matter? The state legislators are elected by the people, why does it matter if those reps are electing the federal senators or the the people directly? Its not like you're going to get a bunch of lords nominated arbitrarily by the KingPresident?
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