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.
No it doesn’t! Look at Obama the scumbag
The state legislature is supposed to represent the people of said state, so it seems like having them pick senators just adds an unnecessary, and more easily manipulated, middle man.
I don’t like that at all.
No way corrupt politicians electing other corrupt politicians. No way is this a good idea!!!
In the history of bad ideas, this repeal is right near the top.
Little by little we are loosing America.
They can repeal the 16th while they’re at it.
OH, YEA, EVERYBODY GET ON THE FREAKING BAND WAGON AND BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THE CONSTITUTION. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU STUPID BASTARDS? YOU THINBK YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN OUR FOREFATHERS? I SERIOUSL:Y DOUBT IT. AND IF YOU SIT AND THINK ABOUT IT YOU WILL DOUBT IT TOO…
As Corrupt as the Utah House and Senate are, I say Leave things as they are.
The first ten amendments are sacrosanct and cannot be repealed, the rest may be repealed,as the 18th was, by the same process they were added. This is a difficult thing to do, which is why only one amendment has been repealed.