I don’t disagree with you in the substance of what you say but unfortunately, we live in a country that has been thoroughly corrupted because it abandoned religious principles long ago.
You mentioned the 17th Amendment but I see the 16th as a major religious turning point. The income tax was passed because the politicians promised it would only the rich and for a small amount. That was a betrayal of biblical principle and a direct violation of two commandments. The road to hell has to start somewhere.
Yet, even IF the 16th was passed successfully/correctly, it still tramples upon the 4th, 5th, 6th and 13th in its being and enforcement....
Yet, the whole of lawyers in D.C. and out can argue that, SOMEHOW, this is legal and Constitutional.
Social Security, Welfare, O’Care...all antithesis to the the Takings clause (in the least); again, seem as ‘legal’.
Still, these and more were passed in their day and, some would say, championed by the We the People of that time (where education may still have produced clear, logical thinking).
But, since the 1910’s, I recall nothing until the Civil Rights Act where ANY State attempted to assert its authority, and very few at that!
I suspect not even an Art. V would restore our Republic...its memory has too long passed from the minds of its people.