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Before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, the Senate was comprised of senators selected by state legislatures rather than elected by the people, and they refused for years to pass this amendment. With the help of Woodrow Wilson's methodical, effective but destructive use of [[propaganda]], the states resorted to an alternative mechanism for amendment, bypassing Congress and passing resolutions that called for a constitutional convention. When nearly enough states (2/3rd of the United States) had passed resolutions for a constitutional convention, the Senate averted a constitutional convention by finally passing the Seventeenth Amendment and sending it to the states for ratification.

Before the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, the Senate was comprised of senators selected by state legislatures rather than elected by the people, and they refused for years to pass this amendment. With the help of Woodrow Wilson's methodical, effective but destructive use of [[propaganda]], the states resorted to an alternative mechanism for amendment, bypassing Congress and passing resolutions that called for a constitutional convention. When nearly enough states (2/3rd of the United States) had passed resolutions for a constitutional convention, the Senate averted a constitutional convention by finally passing the Seventeenth Amendment and sending it to the states for ratification.

The amendment has eroded the principle of [[Federalism]] that the Constitution was based on. Senators are supposed to be ambassadors from the states to the federal government. Senators are supposed to be ambassadors from the states to the federal government. Repealing the 17th amendment will force all three branches of government to obey the constitution, since appointment by state legislatures would force senators to be accountable to the people they represent instead of catering to lobbyists and special interests to extend and hold on to their own power, and senate elections will not be nationwide like house elections, but within the state. Another reason the 17th amendment, which has eroded state sovereignty, is bad is because the Founding Fathers did not intend for us to be a pure democracy, but a representative democracy. As they learned from ancient Athens, pure democracy self-destructs. [[Vladimir Lenin]] even said, “Democracy is the way to socialism.” 

The amendment has been criticized by some for eroding the principle of [[Federalism]] that the Constitution was based on.

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[[Category:United States Constitution]]

[[Category:United States Constitution]]