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Starting at age 18, the 17th amendment is one of the changes we made to the constitution to enlarge the reach of democracy and it was 100 years ago today. happy birthday. in tennessee last week, the legislature spent the 100th anniversary of that state ratifying that amendment by debating whether or not to undo it. whether to cut voters out of the nominating process for u.s. senate seats. under this tennessee republican bill, you, the average voter in tennessee, would no longer get to vote in pa...

Debating whether or not to undo it. whether to cut voters out of the nominating process for u.s. senate seats. under this tennessee republican bill, you, the average voter in tennessee, would no longer get to vote in party primaries for senate candidates. instead the legislature would do it. the legislature would just pick each partys nominees for senate and you would only get to vote in the general election. its kind of a papa knows best thing. its as far as you can go toward getting around the...

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Happy birthday to the 17th amendment. and you thought it was just monday around here. no, no, on this day 100 years ago shall the 17th amendment crossed the threshold for ratification to become part of the united states constitution. and we thus changed how we elect u.s. senators. before the 17th amendment, you didnt get to vote for your senator, the legislature in your state just picked your senator. the 17th amendment changed that and said actually you get to decide on your senator. you just g...

Georgia, republicans also have a bill calling for voters to lose that particular voting right. the georgia measure has not gone much of anywhere yet but it is still kicking around. and it may seem like a weird idea, but ending democracy for senate elections turns out to be a really popular thing among certain republicans. our own steve benan has been tracking this as kind of a hobby. the list of people who want to get rid of the 17th amendment includes guys like louis gohmert whos out there with...

Across the state line in georgia, republicans also have a bill calling for voters to lose that particular voting right. the georgia measure has not gone much of anywhere yet but it is still kicking around. and it may seem like a weird idea, but ending democracy for senate elections turns out to be a really popular thing among certain republicans. our own steve ben an has been tracking this as kind of a hobby. the list of people who want to get rid of the 17th amendment includes guys like louis g...

The states dont matter in the way they used to. theyre being treated as administrative subdivisions of government. >> in politics its particularly true. >> right. thats enormously destructive for our country. the states do matter and they ought to be treated as the sovereign entities that he they are. >> on the record, you do want to appeal the 17th amendment. >> you dont want an elected senate? >> i want to raise the voting age to 35. >> dont go there. >> in terms of your mentioning that the st...

>> it seems to me if it is off the endangered species list it should be fare game as they say. >> what? >> bill little you said americans will put up with anything in the name of religious freedom. not really. to take one example, the amish are anti-war. but they do have to pay taxes, a lot of which goes to the military. >> yes, but they go toward scones and napkins. those dont go to combat items. the quaker tax dollars are set aside to go -- >> if you go line byline, you will see the scone and ...

That power. we changed that with the 17th amendment and one of the reasons i am a supporter of balanced budget with a gap, because it guarantees limited government and guarantee states and people being more free. mike: we are down to final two minutes. i will turn to -- >> senator president obamas refusal of defining the marriage act. constitutionally why is the president wrong? >> first of all the president has the obligation to defend the laws of our country. this bill was passed and stands up...