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In order to convince the 13 colonies of the
Articles of Confederation, the Founding fathers added 'The Bill of Rights".
The first ten Amendments were specifically written to protect the states and
individuals from a tyrannical national government. Other amendments were
added later in American History.
Read the U.S. Constitution on:
http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm
Listed below are the Twenty-seven Amendments
to the U.S. Constitution:
Log on
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
for complete details.
Benefits for
undoing five decades of federal power are:
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Restore the
original intent of U.S. Senators: an advisory board
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Cut federal
bureaucracy in the Senate and reduce committees, spilling into
the Executive Branch.
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Restore
States guaranteed powers under Amendment Ten.
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Give
the voters a more direct and powerful voice in who their
Senators shall be. ( At present, Senators disappear for six years,
until next election cycle.)
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Make
Senators accountable to their State Legislators, who have the
ability to recall them.
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The people's
disenchantment with their Senator would be aired locally!
Because a U.S. Senator is appointed through a state legislature,
that individual is directly responsible to that state's
expectations. The distance for affirmative action is as close as any
state capitol and its state legislature. Therefore, U.S.
Senators would primarily represent their state and the people's need
within that state.
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All politics
is local! Prior to ratifying the Seventeenth Amendment in
1913, citizens saw more of their Senators. Each state's citizens'
voted for their choice, then state legislatures appointed the
voters' choice.. The best know example is the famous Lincoln and
Douglas debates. Since Lincoln lost to Douglas, Stephen A. Douglas
was appointed as U.S. Senator from the Illinois State legislature.
Call for a Constitutional Convention
to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment through state legislatures.
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