Quote:It gives more power back to the states because the state government would be who selects the people that will represent the state.  This means that residents of that particular state can choose their legislators based on how they will work for their state including representation at the national level.  As it stands right now, the Congress is nothing more than two houses of representatives.

 

 

 

 

 

I think, instead of giving more power to the people, repealing the 17th Amendment would give more power to the legislatures.   To me, that seems to put more power into the hands of the politicians and less into the hands of the people.   If I can't vote directly for my Senator, but instead I have to vote for a politician who then votes for my Senator, that means it's not my Senator, it's his Senator.   

 

The whole thing is kind of paternalistic.   It's like you think the legislature would make a better choice of Senator than I would.  

 

There would be so much deal-making and horse-trading in the legislature it would be ridiculous.   Legislators would be selling their souls to get the votes from their colleagues so they could become a US Senator.   

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