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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 3007644" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>State Legislatures appointing Senators ensured that the States had a credible voice in the federalist (small F) system. Federalism means that the the States and the Federal government have their own respective spheres with the States being the primary ones and the Federal government having certain enumerated powers. Right now the States, as political entities, no longer have a direct voice in our Federal system. Rather than enable our system of government, the current direct election scheme for US Senators has actually deprived the Federal system of balance.</p><p></p><p>The House of Representatives is the direct voice of the people, the Senate was not intended for that. Under the intellectual construct of progressive political philosophy the original design of the Founding Fathers was changed regarding the federal legislature. In fairness, as someone would no doubt have pointed out soon anyway, many States has already sort of bastardized the election of senators in order to allow "the people" more voice by the time the 17th Amendment was proposed. It is all legal - the amendment was duly passed - but it has unhinged and disrupted the very foundation of the system that our Founders established to maintain balance between the partners in our federal system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 3007644, member: 18914"] State Legislatures appointing Senators ensured that the States had a credible voice in the federalist (small F) system. Federalism means that the the States and the Federal government have their own respective spheres with the States being the primary ones and the Federal government having certain enumerated powers. Right now the States, as political entities, no longer have a direct voice in our Federal system. Rather than enable our system of government, the current direct election scheme for US Senators has actually deprived the Federal system of balance. The House of Representatives is the direct voice of the people, the Senate was not intended for that. Under the intellectual construct of progressive political philosophy the original design of the Founding Fathers was changed regarding the federal legislature. In fairness, as someone would no doubt have pointed out soon anyway, many States has already sort of bastardized the election of senators in order to allow "the people" more voice by the time the 17th Amendment was proposed. It is all legal - the amendment was duly passed - but it has unhinged and disrupted the very foundation of the system that our Founders established to maintain balance between the partners in our federal system. [/QUOTE]
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