Repeal the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,Amendment28

Our goal calls for one amendment specific, limited constitutional convention: Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Amendment XXVIII.

Washington is betraying America, and We the People need a permanent, non-partisan solution. Our country is in peril with federal economic policies, loss of personal liberties, and foreign policies. American are compelled to think and act smarter than before, because the same old federal bureaucratic methods get the same old results. Smarter America, LLC produces major events, as well as buys select, high trafficked media.   Both methods will create a visual impact across our nation. It sole purpose is leveraging a constitutional convention to reform Congress.

                                                   I.
The Purpose of this national restoration movement is keeping political power local. It is a campaign for voters in an area and each state to control representatives. Your political clout stays close to home. Voters return power to state legislatures, whom they control more closely. Dual Sovereignty is restored by repealing Amendment Seventeen.

1. In 1776, American colonists became angry, felt disenfranchised with the gluttony and taxation policies of Great Britain. First, the 13 colonies declared their independence. Then, a group of patriotic colonists wrote a governing constitution forming a republic, in which national and federal power was diluted.

2. By its original design, the United States Constitution kept power local. It mandated individual states appoint its own U.S. Senators. The method affirmed separation of powers . States controlled which individual went to Washington D.C, as well who could be “recalled”: U.S. Constitution, Article I, sect3.

3. The XVII amendment, ratified in April of 1913, dramatically weakened state powers,. It the peoples vote from home to Washington. Individual votes became a commercial commodity. Specifically, the seventeenth amendment increased the role of federal government. That constitutional power shift has geometrically grown to an abusive level.

4.    Voters can regain the 1776 spirit by overturning this strangling amendment. Voters can keep elected officials' directly accountable; Amendment XXVIII stops the status quo of running government as usual. These United States could, again, claim fiscal responsibility, restore state legislative powers, and rein in the federal excesses.
          A). voters in each state would have a powerful hold
                over their U.S. Senators though their near-by state
                representatives.
          B). the original intent focused on local citizenry voting power.
                It was a core belief by the drafters of our U.S. Constitution.
          C). They built an equitable power structure between voters and
                national government whereby individual states select
                and oversee their U.S. Senator.

II.

What has become a The National Problem? For the local voter, it is impenitency! Voters are isolated, because national powers reside in an untouchable U.S. Congress.
      The whole U.S. Congress gets elected by registered voters in their state. The problem rests with lack of accountability, not in the ballot. A candidate campaigns locally within a state, makes “campaign promises” to those voters, wins a congressional seat, and then proceeds to Washington, D.C. Once away from the local electorate, a U.S. legislator usually casts votes according to a national political party politics. I.e. The famous Lincoln/ Douglas debates for Illinois U.S. Senate appointment.
      Local voters, living in their state, are disenfranchised. Realistically, an individual voter cannot stop any Congressional vote in Washington, D.C. Today, the average citizen holds little sway in Congressional committees, hearings or bills. The will of the people is aborted. Then another election cycle follows every 2 or 4years, when promises are made to local voters. Following every election, the same flawed and fatal pattern repeats itself in Washington.
     The Seventeenth Amendment was ratified by the states in April of 1913, which supersedes Article I, sect 3 of the original U.S. Constitution. It took away home voter power. This massive shift of power caused states to abort their Constitutional rights of appointing their special representative to the U.S. Senate. Locales and geographic areas lost control of fiscal accountability and important policies.
     This historic transfer of power from states to the federal government followed the American Civil War, where wrangling with state legislatures created gridlock. Then, in the 1900’s, the powerful publishing magnet, William Randolph Hurst, threw his muckraking skills behind its passage. Hurst championed the idea of U.S. Senators being elected directly by popular vote.
     The Seventeenth Amendment re-wrote Article I, sect 3 from”…chosen by the Legislature thereof” to read “…”elected by the people thereof”. And that small wording gave special interest the leverage to manipulate both houses of federal legislature. The peoples power was diluted. Now, any U.S. senator can move into a six year term without being bridled.
      Of interest, some contemporary national figures are seeking to repeal this heinous abuse of power. Some efforts have come from U.S. Senators’ Russ Feingold, John McCain, Richard Durbin and John Conyers.

III.

The bigger our federal bureaucracy grows, the greater the corruption.
Compelling Benefits for undoing five decades of federal power are:

Restore the original intent of U.S. Senators: an advisory board
Cut federal bureaucracy in the Senate and reduce committees, spilling into the Executive Branch.
Restore States guaranteed powers under Amendment Ten.
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.) Voters maintain their direct vote for U.S. Senatorial candidates.
Make Senators accountable to their State Legislators, who have the ability to recall them.
The people's disenchantment with their Senator would be aired locally! The distance for affirmative action is as close as the state capitol and its legislature. Senators would represent their state and the people's need within that state.
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.
More Money to the States: An important component that will prove beneficial to the several states is taxes! Each State needs money; better to keep monies at home than to send to the federal government in far away D.C. Allow the voters with in each state to elect officials who can best allocate tax revenues for their individual state
Money is the key factor in growth and it is the key motivator for the several states. Each State needs money, and they need it yesterday. The repeal of the 17^th, as a stand-alone Constitutional Amendment, gets them no money. But a combination where the states control tax money as well as their U.S. Senator necessitates the power and the programs returning to the states. Each States would become a capitalistic entity, competing with one another for business and people’s purchasing power. From a completive, capitalistic perspective, State would reduce their size and scope of their governments
All politics is local! Prior to ratifying the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, citizens saw more of their Senators. They voted for their choice, and state legislatures appointed the popular choice.. The best know example is the famous Lincoln and Douglas debates; Lincoln lost to Douglas, who was appointed to the Senate by the Illinois State legislature.

Call for a Constitutional Convention to repeal the Seventeenth Amendment through state legislatures.

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