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.
Tammy Thompson Do you understand the required process for amending the Constitution? It would appear you are ignorant of the real requirements. Did you ever take and pass a real American history class or civics class? The Senate, house of representatives and the president are all prohibited from amending the Constitution !
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Amen!!
The seventeenth amendment is there so governors and other political officials can take bribes and fill the empty senate seat with their own bought and paid for puppet enacted by the special interest groups. It should be repealed. Along with most other amendments written after 1911. We should repeal the 16th amendment too because it is in direct violation of the 14th amendment and has never been properly ratified
you can’t just say it, and you can’t get it with an ex. order, get your 2/3 and 2/3 and 2/3
I’m not racist but why do ALL these black life’s want to change the amendment’s
can’t happen
PLEASE LEAVE OUR CONSTITUTION ALONE! IF YOU DONT LIKE AMERICA AND OUR LAWS, GET OUT!
Fire this piece of c**p
Agree