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.
I could be wrong, because I’m too lazy to google it right now but isn’t the 17th what gives the IRS any type of authority or power of actually being a Gov. Institution?
College and Obama have already DESTROYED the 1st Amendment, and they are working on the 2nd and 4th!
Jason Swanson We would lose the Right especailly with people like Obama and Clinton in the world all the Constitution does is PROTECT those Rights! Without that protection WE LOSE THEM!
All very good points
Just keep all these corupt DEMACRATS out of office ?
Why
Repealing 14th, 16th, and 19th amendments would be great too.
Absolutely! Senators need to be accountable to the states and should be appointed by the governor and state legislators to represent the interests of the states.
Repeal the 16th amendment while we’re at it
adios senatr