[Miykayl]

Post # 93 IMO is the best response on this thread.

Well said, Monoprise.

[Monorprise]

One thing you might want to note is in article 5 of the United States Constitution which specifies the the amendment process to the United States Constitution it makes only one permanent prohibition to any future amendment.

“that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.”

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

The existence of the equal senate was apparently the most critical aspect of our union, so critical that it remains the only thing that may not be changed with an amendment.

The Federal Government exist to protect not destroy the sovereignty of States.

While this 1 clause of the U.S. Constitution may be used to argue for the invalidity of the 17th Amendment. (Depends on the exact definition of the term State, whether its the government or people or all of the above.)

Such an argument has in any case clearly fallen upon deaf ears among not only the court but the American people as well, and so anther amendment to repeal the 17th must be necessary.