I wrote this primer on the 17th amendment and why we should repeal it. Share it with anyone that needs convincing.
http://www.truthinexile.com/2012/02/...d-be-repealed/
Why the 17th Amendment Should be Repealed
I wrote this primer on the 17th amendment and why we should repeal it. Share it with anyone that needs convincing.
http://www.truthinexile.com/2012/02/...d-be-repealed/
I might be using some of those ideas in a literary analysis paper, consider this my request for permission.
No problem. Feel free.Originally Posted by bolil
Excellent write up!
good read
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] "It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Robert Kennedy
... it is not impossible !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkY7B...e_gdata_player
Posting to FB and to my "blog here so I can have access to it when I want to use it more. Excellent write up!
"The bird or the cage?"-The Lutece Twins
"A man chooses. A slave obeys."-Andrew Ryan
"There are three things the parasite hates: free markets, free will, and free men."-Andrew Ryan
"That every man may act... be accountable for his own sins in the day of judgment. And for this purpose have I established the Constitution of this land, by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose"- Jesus Christ, Doctrine and Covenants 101:78-80
I added this Thomas Jefferson quote to the article:
...[T]he several States composing, the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government...[T]he government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Good read. One question I have; why did they make a new law in 1866 to determine how Senators are selected?
Given the amount of states suing over Obamacare, I doubt that it would have passed if without the 17th amendment.
This is a lot of new information for me. Thank you for posting!
Let's move forward to the Constitution.. I am the new GOP. I stand with Rand.
Government schools teach about 'balance of power' as if that means the three branches of the Federal Government. However, the big 'check and balance' was the state. This 17th amendment eliminated a huge tool the states had to 'check' the federal government's power.
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