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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.
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How about, instead, we strip senators from congress and expand the housenof representatives to proportionally relfect the population.
it cant be repealed, it must be a new amendment to nullify the 17th.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
Its Overton window work. Just like the roe v wade overturning, they are talking about the impossible now so they can you their base get used to the idea and in the long run make real pushes for it. The Rs have always been transparent if you listen to them. Horribly self centered that they are.
it cant be repealed
I mean, we’ll see what the SCOTUS has to say
the insanely partisan right wing supreme court wont save us.
Yes… But who’s it theater for? I don’t think it’s for his base, so then it’s a form of terrorism to make people comply. Start talking to the working class peers you have. Make the concept of organized resistance one that people are comfortable with.
Except enough Democrats might vote for it too. Their fighting against this cant be assumed. Somehow theres always just enough Dem votes for the republicans to get their way on key votes. Need 4? heres 5 Dem voters. Need 20? heres 22 Dem voters.
It happens all the time.I know you mean to say it can’t be repealed by an Act of Congress, but the word “repeal” also applies to constitutional amendments. This is what the text of Amendment 21 said:
Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Not “nullified”. Repealed.
It cracks me up that the cons have been able to paint liberals as being “elitist” based on aspiring to be better educated (see Santorum squealing that wanting everyone to have access to a college education is “elitist” for example).
Meanwhile, they openly do nakedly extremely elitist things like this.
Not to mention being positively giddy in their support for a billionaire like Donvict. It doesn’t get much more elitist than that. SMH, the cons seem to delight in perverting the English language.
- Uneducated republicans don’t fundamentally understand civics, and think it’s a good idea because it empowers the Republican Party.
- Educated republicans think this is a good idea because it empowers the Republican Party.
The problem for Republicans is that senate races can’t be gerrymandered. Sounds like this provision would solve that problem for them. You can just smell the desperation and fear.
Repealing the 17th Amendment will … make the Senate more accountable to the people of Texas
You think not letting people vote will make senators more accountable?
What kind of nonsense is this?
Facist logic
This one is a distraction. It’s intended to distract from the methods they’re really counting on.
Interesting that all the cosponsors are Republicans. The midterms have them quaking in their boots.
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.
