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Seapac this year. they had armed marches. marches with guns. they picked the day after the 9/11 anniversary to march on washington against the u.s. government. they came out against the civil rights act. they came out against social security. they came out against soccer. they came out against thurgood marshall. they came out against the fact that people elect senators directly instead of state legislatures cheoosing senators. the 17th amendment? who knew this would try to be an issue this year?...

Representatives of the state interest. like a lobbyist for the state. you think progressives would like that. the 17th amendment changed that and instituted a direct popular election of united states senators. two senators right there, two senate -- or the united states senate shall be comprised of two senators from each state elected by the people. okay? why did they do this? they wanted to take the direct representation out. they wanted to make sure that the states didnt have the direct repres...

16th and the 17th amendment. i dont know what madison would say if he was alive today about the 17th amendment, but in 1913, he would have fought against it. >> glenn: i think right now if he were alive he said look, i thought i was short back then. look how tall you are now! back in a second. x=í?s?t/y?x?ññ

So you get everything. but you can read it in novel form. what were they really, what were they dead set for and against? >> they were dead set against any centralized power. they had just come from underneath the british. and they feared concentration of power. we talk about checks and balances today. but we use it as one word. they wanted balance to also go into checks. so if you didnt have enough power, that check wasnt any good. so that is one of the reasons senators were pinted by the state...

>> glenn: unbelievable. >> i had them reading it in tutus before the dance recital. constitutingamerica.org and the goal is to, it says in the federalist paper number 27, man is a creature of habit. the constitution is pretty much not even existent in our culture anymore. so our goal is to educate and bring in awareness about the constitution and the federalist papers, which explain the constitution to american citizens and students across america. >> glenn: i think and i cant remember now. i th...

Probably been the most, the 16th and the 17th amendment. i dont know what madison would say if he was alive today about the 17th amendment, but in 1913, he would have fought against it. >> glenn: i think right now if he were alive he said look, i thought i was short back then. look how tall you are now! back in a second.

Representative of connecticut? let me give you an example of the 17th amendment coming into play right now. today. obamas healthcare bill would have never seen the light of day. a lot of things they do in washington would never have seen the light of day. why? because it wouldnt in the interest of your state. why would we consider something -- have you heard this phrase? "unfunded mandates." how did they get that passed? the senate is not looking out for your state. think of massachusetts. why w...

>> she does. >> glenn: unbelievable. >> i had them reading it in tutus before the dance recital. constitutingamerica.org and the goal is to, it says in the federalist paper number 27, man is a creature of habit. the constitution is pretty much not even existent in our culture anymore. so our goal is to educate and bring in awareness about the constitution and the federalist papers, which explain the constitution to american citizens and students across america. >> glenn: i think and i cant remem...

Halter on has to do with sending jobs overseas. he denies he did it, but it just shows you that these two campaigns are now hitting the negative tv ad wars and its heating up big time in arkansas. and by the way, savannah, i should mark this day. it was 97 years ago today, one of the greatest things happened for political junkies everywhere, and that was the ratification of the 17th amendment, which made sure that there were direct elections of all u.s. senators, guaranteeing that every two year...

It, louie gohmert can. >> this should not be passed by anyone unless they eat it. if they eat it im in favor of them passing it. >> if you eat it, you can pass it. it took me all day to practice saying that without turning beet red as i am now and losing my composure. his go ahead eat it and then pass it mr. gohmert decided the democratically elected senate is tactual problem. his proposed slooux is we dont democratically elect senators. so state legislatures would pick senators from here on out...