Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry earlier this week supported a resolution that would repeal the 17th Amendment and strip American voters of their right to elect U.S. Senators.
The joint resolution, introduced by Texas Congressman Keith Self, aims to “restore the Founders’ original vision for the United States” and return the selection of senators to state legislatures.
“Our Founding Fathers designed the Senate to protect state sovereignty and act as a check on federal overreach. If senators are supposed to represent their states, then the states should choose them. Repealing the 17th Amendment will restore that constitutional balance and make the Senate more accountable to the people of Texas and every other state in the union,” Self said.
How about, instead, we strip senators from congress and expand the housenof representatives to proportionally relfect the population.
This one is a distraction. It’s intended to distract from the methods they’re really counting on.
it cant be repealed, it must be a new amendment to nullify the 17th. like the 18th, prohibition, was nullified by the 21st.
that will require:
- 2/3 congress (both houses) must agree, (thats 288 representatives, and 67 senators)
- then, 3/4 of the states need to agree (thats 38)
this is all political theater
Another win for accelerationism. Man who thought the republicans would speedrun the destruction of the republic like they have. I thought it’d take more than just a few years.
Honestly I’ve been wondering how long we’d last since the '00s.
