Monday, January 10, 2011

The Seventeenth Summary 01-10-2011 AM

The key to restoring lost freedoms
WND.com
In 1913, when the 17th Amendment was ratified, the states were kicked out of the federal government they created. The first argument against repealing the ...

Pajamas Media » What Would a Return to the Constitution Entail?
By Peter Berkowitz
Randy Barnett's federalism amendment interests me, but I think I'd just prefer to repeal the 17th Amendment. It goes without saying that a large number of cabinet level departments should be de-funded (education, agriculture, commerce, ...

The 17th Amendment: A Thought Study « Virginia Virtucon
By A.G.Gilmore
In another comment section, an interesting discussion regarding the 17th Amendment is beginning to brew. I've wanted to write a discussion about this for awhile, but it is a very delicate issue. Even broaching the conversation renders ...

One On One: US Senator Lindsey Graham
WRDW-TV
That is not sitting well with United States Senator Lindsey Graham (R) South Carolina. News 12's Richard Rogers sat down with Graham in our studio. ...

US Senator Kerry says Khartoum 'deserves credit'
AFP
US Senator John Kerry said on Friday that Sudan's government deserved credit for the progress it has made in implementing the decades-long 2005 ...

Former Senator Bob Dole Hospitalized
WIFR
A spokeswoman says former Kansas Senator Bob Dole is being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC Few details are being released. ...

U.S. Senator John Kerry visits Sudan ahead of south's referendum ...
By admin
U.S. Senator John Kerry on Friday led a delegation to North Darfur as part of a visit to the African nation ahead of Sunday's referendum in regards to South Sudan. Kerry, who is also the Chairman of the ...

Senator Rand Paul to Cut $500 Billion in Spending Bill
Newly inaugurated Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky outlines his prospects for the Senate including a bill he will introduce this month that will cut $500 billion in federal spending. by Christian Gomez.

Reid: The (Tea) Party's Almost Over
TIME
On "Meet," Senate leader says conservative group was "born because of the economy" and will "disappear" once nation's economic situation improves. ...

Senators Reid And McConnell: A Study In Disagreement
NPR (blog)
Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, serious when he said his top priority was making sure that President Obama was a one-term president? Sen. ...

The 17th Amendment Mistake | Michigan Taxes Too Much
By JGillman
The 17th amendment is unconstitutional. While we recognize the ability of super majorities and the process in which the constitution itself might be modifi...

The 17th Amendment Mistake | Before It's News
It was the protection against the tyranny of the masses that we enjoyed prior to the 17th amendment. Much in the way the electoral system was designed so ...

Correspondent: To restore balance, repeal the 17th Amendment
Richmond Times Dispatch
We now find ourselves in this awful predicament only because the states relinquished this representation in 1913 with the ratification of the 17th amendment ...

The Constitution belongs to all of us
The Columbian
... Congress to collect income taxes) and the 17th Amendment (creating direct election of senators by the people; many Tea Partiers advocate repeal). ...

Should States Have a Voice in the Federal Government? | The Moral ...
By admin
Not until the 17th Amendment is repealed, and the states are given back their seat at the federal table, can we begin to return to the Republic our founders created, and begin to restore the freedoms that have been lost. ...

Who Is Afraid of the Repeal Amendment? | Randy Barnett | Cato ...
The Repeal Amendment is just restoring some semblance of the original state- federal ... The Case for a 'Repeal Amendment' · Repeal the 17th Amendment? ...

The 17th Amendment: A Thought Study « Virginia Virtucon
I definitely think a repeal of the 17th Amendment is in order, and you've laid out an impressive .... Should we seek to repeal the 17th Amendment, and why? ...

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