Now we’ve found the nugget of your misperception, that Senators were invented to represent you. Under the original Constitution, they were to represent the states in order to be a source of further balance of power. I’d recommend a read of Mark Levin’s latest book.
Thank you, there’s no misperception on my part. I’m well aware of what the Senators were supposed to represent and what they ended up representing, which was far removed from the original intent. Hence why the 17th was ratified.
Worth repeating a million times in a million places.
Now we’ve found the nugget of your misperception, that Senators were invented to represent you. Under the original Constitution, they were to represent the states in order to be a source of further balance of power. I’d recommend a read of Mark Levin’s latest book.
ISTR the 17th was pushed by the early progressives and that it was designed to weaken state powers (T-Bird’s “they were to represent the states in order to be a source of further balance of power”) and centralize power at the federal level.
There is a “cluster” of amendments passed in the early 20th century by progressives flexing their muscles. And that has led to where we are now — a strong fedgov that is leading to a Chavez-like elected (wannabe) dictator.