This is all posturing, the Constitution was amended and it’s not getting un-amended without 2/3rds of states signing on to reverse the 17th.
3/4 to change it, 2/3 to bring it to an official vote of congress.
Or 3/4 of states need to sign onto changing it.
If that’s how they were attempting to do it, they’d have my support. Well, not my support for the act of repealing the 17th amendment, by my support of their right to advocate for a 28th amendment.
Hell, if it came with uncapping the number of House representative, I might actually support it.
Wyoming rule needs to be implemented.
They’ve done the court packing and gerrymandering. Now they want to undermine the last election that has a popular vote.
A better move (for everyone) would be to flatten the Senate into Congress. Then get rid of Congressional districts and give parties seats based on the percentage of votes they receive.
Except that this isn’t a better move for those in power. It’s objectively better for the people, but the people haven’t really been in power for a long time.
So they took an oath to defend the constitution (and amendments), and now they want to take away our voting rights. Sounds like treason to me.
I guess we’re getting back to the taxation without representation days.
Our far right conservative wealthy and political class are in almost full rebellion against the people, and our centrists are on their side silently, just like 1930’s Germany.
I guess we’re getting back to the taxation without representation days.
We’ve been there for a while. There’s millions of disenfranchised citizens who cannot vote for whatever arbitrary reason (people with felonies, US territories, the district being the most egregious example). Our entire system is a complete joke and most people will still defend it.
