Chris Knight reports that Elaine Marshall, candidate for Senate from North Carolina, puts the interests of her political party before the interests of her constituency. He also makes the excellent observation that the Seventeenth Amendment is responsible for the fact that Senators are more beholden to their political party than to the actual voters. Wasn't the point of the Amendment to make Senators beholden to voters?
It's time to acknowledge that that idea failed. Senators aren't beholden to voters, but instead to special interests, with their political party being the first one in line.
This web-log calls for the repeal of the 17th Amendment and addresses the hegemony committed by the US Senate. The first significant step to remove the domination and unmistakable corruption deriving from the National Government and the restoration of the Federal is to repeal the 17th Amendment. Americans should fear the steady hegemonic growth by the Senate oligarchy because the US Constitution cannot be spoiled by bombs, the courts, or the President, but only through malevolent legislation.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
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There would be no need for a balanced budget amendment if we repealed the 17th amendment.
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