Article 3, Section II of the Constitution says that each State legislature is in charge of choosing its federal Senators. One rationale for this is provided in Federalist #9, which claims that it makes the states "constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them a direct representation in the Senate." The 17th Amendment reversed this, however, making Senators subject to a direct popular vote.
Why was the 17th Amendment passed? What might the Founding Fathers say about it? How were the politics of the Senate changed as a result of it?
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
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