I have been getting bombarded over on Twitter with this crap. The only thing more screwed up than John McCain and Jeff Flake is the Arizona legislature.
Who in the world wants to give state capital elites the power to elect senators? Ours would just send McCain and Flake back forever. And we would have no way to remove them.
A constitutional amendment decided this, for crying out loud.
What do you think popular election did?
Arizona’s State House is not responsible here.
Your state senator is a lot closer to you than the ones in the DC swamp. They even answer phone calls. They are much more responsive to the electorate.
Today's senate is an institution without a purpose beyond reelection of its members. Thanks to popular election, members serve for decades. They didn't prior to 1913.
As history has shown, pre-17th Amendment senators didn't consent to anti-10th Amendment judges. Repeal of the 17A will slowly reform the Federal Judiciary.
As for state legislatures, thank the Scotus decision Reynolds v. Simms for democratizing state senates in 1964. See Progressing the Constitution - One Man One Vote.
All good things are possible with repeal of the 17A, and impossible without. As Freeper Zeneta wrote, "The only path to repeal is by Article V, and even that will/is a huge task."
Yes, Article V. There is no other peaceful path to reform of our corrupted institutions.