ok. So let's 86 the 17th. But, before we do, with politics as usual, how do we prevent the same old same old corruption that was the trigger to write the 17th and that exists on every level of government now?
the judiciary has hampered this in order to control the courts, and restrain the people from “indicting’ corruption. If Grand Juries were able to make investigations and presentments without kowtowing to prosecuters, Hillary an Bill would be in jail by now and Obama's birth could have been investigated instead of dead ended by findings of no standing...
Grand Juries are supposed to be the peoples tool to stop corruption...why is it considered "obsolete"? we need to start a movement to follow the Constitution and return power to the people and lock all these crooks up.see runaway grand juries..
http://www.constitution.org/lrev/roots/runaway.htm
1. You can make sure the state legislatures aren’t necessarily dominated by urban elites by overturning the Reynolds v. Sims “one man, one vote” SCOTUS decision. That way, you could make one house of a legislature geographic, that is have the Senators or Representatives evenly distributed by county, for example. So when they appoint the Senators, you wouldn’t have two Illinois Senators who basically represent Chicagoland or two Maryland Senators who basically represent Balmer-Montgomery-PG.
2. You can overturn the 1866 law that required a prospective Senator to get a majority vote in each house of a legislature, instead of a plurality, which would naturally be not as encouraging to corruption and vote-buying.
3. The recall provision, in which a legislature can recall a Senator by a 2/3 vote, with said supermajority meant to ensure the Senate stays a stable, continuous body as intended.
4. Term limits to avoid filthy career politicians.