The Utah Senate asked Congress to repeal the 17th Amendment, which was ratified under the Progressive’s of 1913. Utah has boldly challenged a system that was never the intent of the Founding Fathers and suggests that the 17th Amendment has resulted in Senators being bound to special interest groups, that donate enormous sums of money for the Senator’s re-election, and not representing the needs of the people of Utah.
The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Al Jackson of Utah, believes that Senators need to “come home every weekend and take direction from their state legislative (sic) body and from the House and the Governor on how they should vote in the upcoming week.”
Passing with 20-6 SJR2 was sent to the House. It demands that Congress repeal the 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Read a history of the 17th Amendment and why Utah has made such a bold call to action on the following page.
F**k Utah. Bunch inbred hicks
The XXII should be amended to include term limts for all who serve within the government.
The Utah Senate is nuts!
Bad Idea. The Number of Senators should not be chosen according to Population Levels in that state. Otherwise, heavily populated states would have far too much power.
Tony Miller – the 17th amendment is a threat to our whole way of life. The Constitution created a federation of sovereign states. The 17th amendment took away the States control of the Federal Government.
Cary Grant
Two -Thirds of State Legislatures can call for a Constitutional Convention. However, it takes three fourths of them to “Ratify” any Amendment. The process by which the States can offer and Ratify Amendments without the consent of Congress is there for what the Founders foresaw as the likely event that Congress would someday quit representing the people. They set the bar high to make sure this provision wasn’t misused by the States.
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE LONG AGO! T
Do you realize the Woodrow Wilson, the most progressive president prior to today, wanted the 17th Amendment so we would end up with career senators beholden to lobbyists? The people in their respective states are not represented by these clowns. The only popularly elected folks in congress should be the house representatives. This is how it was designed by our founders. Without the popularly elected senators, the state houses can recall and replace senators screwing their respective states. The people of the states elect their state legislatures to do right by them. If they do not, they get booted in elections.
Isis, isil, Moslems, all follow the Qu’ran to the letter. Make no mistake about it, to the letter, 24/7 praying four times a day to the same moon God..I wonder if the Swedes are still praying to Thor…Beelzebub is Muhammad