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Writing in the Wall Street Journal last September, Sen. Ben Sasse Ben SasseSenators urge Energy chief to prioritize cybersecurity amid growing threatsBiden warns GOP he could back gutting filibusterRemembering Ted Kennedy highlights decline of the SenateMORE (R-Neb.) suggested repeal of the 17th Amendment as one of several measures that would “make the Senate great again.”  Thanks to House passage of H.R.1, the For the People Act, Sasse’s 50 democratic colleagues have an opportunity to p...

For starters, the original constitution did not have the bill right ofs. the first ten amendments. so there was a lot of discussion at the ratifying conventions about having a bill right ofs. and that was quickly done in the first congress in new york in 1789 by the james hmadison, taking the lead on that. so, too, they did not think it was perfect. they have an amendment process that specified in article 5 of the constitution. and that amendment process was intended to be used. weve seen it use...

The original constitution didnt have the bill of rights. the first ten amendments. there was a lot of discussion at the ratifying conventions about having a bill of rights. that was quickly done in the first congress in new york in 1789, of course, by james madison taking the lead on that. but so too, they did not think it was perfect to have an amendment process that specified in article 5 of the constitution. that amendment process was intended to be used.weve seen it used to correct structura...

They knew it had imperfections. there was a lot of discussion at the ratifying convention about having a bill of rights and that was quickly done in the congress of new york in 1779 by james madison taking a lead on that. they did not think it is perfect. they had an amendment process that was specified of article five of the constitution. that process was intended to be used. the 17th amendment as you noel of the senate election and the elections and the 25th amendment which corrected some issu...

. mark: welcome back, senator, we talked about some of the senators. lets talk about the institution of the senate. used to be that the state legislatures chose the senators or the methods by which the senators were chosen and we get the 17th amendment. a progressive era of republicans, the 16th amendment, the federal income tax and the 17th amendment. that all changed. direct election was considered a populist thing to do, and so the states dont have any representation, state legislatures dont ...

. mark: welcome back, senator, we talked about some of the senators. lets talk about the institution of the senate. used to be that the state legislatures chose the senators or the methods by which the senators were chosen and we get the 17th amendment. a progressive era of republicans, the 16th amendment, the federal income tax and the 17th amendment. that all changed. direct election was considered a populist thing to do, and so the states dont have any representation, state legislatures dont ...

Them. let me ask you a question. so the 17th amendment to the constitution provides for the direct election of senators. you had hugh hewitt on saying -- mitch mcconnell should expel him. on what possible grounds? the people of alabama will have said they wanted to represent them. he doesnt work for the senate. he doesnt work for mitch mcconnell. would not be working for anybody. he works for the people of alabama. they want him. they get him. the country sufferin insuffers, because the country ...

Election from the ground up. this faces several challenges. one is legally the 17th amendment to the constitution, theres a vacancy in the alabama senate seat right now. thats the one that strange is temporarily filling. if he were to step aside, pass away, its not clear that would create a new vacancy. so thats one of the problems with this. another problem with it is who is to say that roy moore wouldnt continue to run and might prevail despite the problems hes facing right now? these are all ...

Problem that we face in the cities. >> dana: i think president trump and the republican congress could work with many members on the other side of the aisle to get it done and get it done quickly. i think if people saw movement on that, they would be less likely to want to take over and use football, for example, as a place for social justice issuesa >> couldnt agree more. i think thats why donald trump has the ability to do that. this is like nixon goes to china. >> dana: if he wants to. >> tru...