2. State legislators from Utah and Montana are both trying to find ways to circumvent the 17th amendment, which makes U.S. Senators electable by direct popular vote as opposed to being appointed by State Legistatures as outlined in Article I Section 3. This seems to me to be a pretty straight-forward play for corporate graft, but if someone can give me a realistic pside, I'd like to hear it.
posted by Pascals Bookie @ 1:26 PM
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Ted Kennedy. Rick Santorum. Ted Stevens. Tell me that state legislatures would do a worse job than the people already do electing their senators. I'm not 100% sure that the 17th amaendment was a terribly good idea. As has been evidenced by... well, all of history, people, en masse, are pretty freakin' dumb and the more of them you put together with no breaks in between, to make a decision, the dumber they get. Also, I feel as if a state legislature is far more likely to boot a senator past his prime than an adoring public who just gets used to having the guy.
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