A good essay on the topic.
Very good.
An article well worth a double ping!
Thank!
Well, I like the title because we need to get away from thinking politicians are our saviors. What guarantees our freedom isn’t slavishly hoping Joe Dokes or Suzie Q will be the right person. Our freedom is guaranteed and protected by the Constitution but it is up to the American People to ensure and demand the Constitution is “preserved, protected, and defended” and throw the bums out who do otherwise.
Beyond that, I’m still not clear on why the 17th Amendment screws us up. I guess on a state level, I’ve never thought that a theoretical representative vote of the state legislature would differ much from a direct vote of the people of the state. Any good examples that show a critical difference in results between these two voting options?