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Harry Krause wrote:


Karl Denninger wrote:
Convince both legislative bodies and an appropriate number of states to
ratify your view of this matter, and you can have it.

I think we are moving in that direction. There's no reason not to do so.

I don't.

There are plenty of reasons not to do so. The reasons can be found in
places like The Federalist, to start.

There was a real concern that allowing direct presidential elections would
be disasterous. There was also a real concern that allowing direct
SENATORIAL elections would likewise be disasterous.

We now have nearly 100 years of a record on the latter, in the form of the
outrageous expansion of federalism since the 17th Amendment was passed.

This has been an unmitigated disaster for State and Individual rights.

The movement needed is towards repealing the 17th Amendment, not passing a
new one to get rid of the EC.

This was attempted immediately after the 2000 elections, and went absolutely
nowhere.

For good reason too - it would make less-populous states completely
irrelavent in the election of the President. The framers designed the
Electoral College PRECISELY to overrepresent small population states
PRECISELY so they were not made irrelavent.

Hawaii, as an example from the current election cycle.

Until you can muster the PROPER way to change this you will live by what is
already in the Constitution, or you may take up residence somewhere more
to your liking.

I suggest North Korea.

Typical right-wing wingnut. Really. It's prefectly reasonable to argue
for the end of the EC, and to work for the change.

Exactly why do you think this is reasonable, given the record in the nation
since the 17th Amendment, and the clear violations of the Constitution that
have been passed and embraced by the federal government since.

List bascially ALL federal social programs, and you find that they're
unsupportable in the Constitution. Essentially NONE of them would have
passed without the 17th Amendment, as that was proof against states having
programs rammed down their throats.

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