“Repealing the Seventeenth Amendment would go a long way toward restoring federalism and frustrating special-interest influence over Washington…
Repealing the Seventeenth Amendment would not be a panacea for what ails the American political and constitutional system… But repeal would be a step in the direction of restraining an imperialistic central government and frustrating special-interest influence. Whether or not it is good politics, it remains sound constitutional design.”
Click the image & read the rest: Click here for more on the 17th Amendment.
This post will highlight a strong argument in favor of repealing the Seventeenth Amendment -- or, perhaps more accurately, why it should have never been ratified in the first place.
I’m not yet certain where I stand on this issue. But, my gut instinct is to trust the Founding Fathers over the so-called “Progressives” of the Woodrow Wilson era and their “modern” counterparts.
It would appear that the Seventeenth Amendment has brought about exactly what the Founding Fathers sought to prevent!
Quoting Ross Kaminsky at The American Spectator (I inserted the links):
“The 17th Amendment is a direct attack on federalism and one of the greatest transfers of power from the states to the federal government, and particularly to Democrat senators, in our nation's history….
Following the passage of the 17th Amendment, ‘… the state governments have more and more been downgraded from independent policy-making bodies to mere instrumentalities of the federal government’…
the sad history of the past several decades in which the federal government peddled its opiate of ‘block grants’ and ‘highway funds’ other ‘free’ money to the now-addicted states is something that will require a rather potent budget-methadone treatment that many citizens -- and most politicians -- might not be able to handle…
When the Constitution becomes a topic for public debate, it forces Democrats and Progressives to explain why they routinely ignore, dismiss, or attack the Constitution with their ultra-expensive Nanny State policies…
when our Constitution takes center stage in political discussion, particularly when it can be shown that we ignore it at our own peril, America takes a baby step toward relearning the value of our Founding documents and principles.”
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3) The current method for electing United States Senators was adopted with the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment -- during the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson (a so-called “Progressive”) who, like all so-called “Progressives”, really truly had a complete disdain for the United States Constitution.
How’s THAT for irony? Watch that Dim attack ad again!
4) The Seventeenth Amendment was a creation of so-called “Progressive reformers”. Is it any wonder that today’s so-called “Progressives” treat the Seventeenth Amendment as though it was sacrosanct and beyond debate?
Remember, the very next amendment created by so-called “Progressive reformers” was the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition, ratified in 1919). Was it blasphemy to repeal that amendment?
5) One could easily argue the merits of the original Constitution vs. what we now have under the Seventeenth Amendment. In fact, there is just such a discussion in the associated Wikipedia article (which, predictably, sides with the so-called “Progressives”).
6) What is unquestionable is that the Seventeenth Amendment took us a large step closer to the European Social Democracy disaster now at or near the brink of collapse all over Europe. It also took us one giant step further away from the original Constitutional Republic envisioned by our quite brilliant founding fathers.
Conclusions: I’m not arguing for or against the repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment. There are reasonable arguments both ways. I AM arguing that all Americans should study the issue rather than blindly reacting to appeals to ignorance from the Dims at the DSCC.
I am also arguing that we desperately need to replace Obama’s yes man (Senator Michael Bennet) with the FAR more responsible, FAR more reasonable and FAR more thoughtful Ken Buck!
I am also imploring all thoughtful, educated voters all across America to refuse to take the utterly dishonest attack ads of the desperate Dims at face value. The Dims cannot run on their “achievements”. They know damn well that the majority of Americans HATE virtually EVERYTHING this Congress has done. The Dims can ONLY attempt to FALSELY label their Conservative opponents as “too extreme” and hope that American voters are ignorant enough to fall for their lies and deceptions. DON’T!
Click here for directly related commentary (including a powerful argument for repeal).
