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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.
it cant be repealed, it must be a new amendment to nullify the 17th.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:
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.
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I know you mean to say it can’t be repealed by an Act of Congress, but the word “repeal” also applies to constitutional amendments.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:
Not “nullified”. Repealed.