Changes

----

----

The Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913 during the [[progressive]] era of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. The Seventeenth Amendment replaces the process of elected state [[Legislature|legislatures]] picking U.S. Senators–and the Senators adhering to the principles of those elected legislatures–with a process of electing Senators by a majority vote of the people within a state, a shift in policy from the [[Founding Fathers]] [[Constitutional Republic]] to a form of direct [[Democracy]]. Consequently, the Seventeenth Amendment reduces the influence of state legislatures over United States Senators.  Some people claim that this leaves Senators more subject to influnce from  special interest groups ([[Lobbyists]], [[Unions]] and [[Corporation|Corporations]]), because Senators must raise funds for their expensive re-election campaigns.   

The Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913 during the [[progressive]] era of [[Woodrow Wilson]]. The Seventeenth Amendment replaces the process of elected state [[legislature]]s picking U.S. Senators–and the Senators adhering to the principles of those elected legislatures–with a process of electing Senators by a majority vote of the people within a state, a shift in policy from the [[Founding Fathers]] [[Constitutional Republic]] to a form of direct [[Democracy]]. Consequently, the Seventeenth Amendment reduces the influence of state legislatures over United States Senators.  Some people claim that this leaves Senators more subject to influnce from  special interest groups ([[Lobbyists]], [[Unions]] and [[Corporation]]s), because Senators must raise funds for their expensive re-election campaigns.   

There are two impacting differences in the election and legislative process with the addition of the Seventeenth Amendment: (1) the people of a state vote for a Senator rather than the elected state legislatures, and (2) upon confirmation of an elected Senator, they are no longer under the influence of the people who elected them, nor the state legislatures, but are controlled by special interest groups otherwise known as "Mob Rule," or rule by the majority. The long-term impact of the Seventeenth Amendment modified America's [[Constitutional Republic]] by fundamentally transforming it into a more progressive form of [[democracy]], sometimes referred to as a "democratic Republic" by Public Union teachers, and of which has essentially reduced the people's protections under Constitutional Law by giving more power to the voters.   

There are two impacting differences in the election and legislative process with the addition of the Seventeenth Amendment: (1) the people of a state vote for a Senator rather than the elected state legislatures, and (2) upon confirmation of an elected Senator, they are no longer under the influence of the people who elected them, nor the state legislatures, but are controlled by special interest groups otherwise known as "Mob Rule," or rule by the majority. The long-term impact of the Seventeenth Amendment modified America's [[Constitutional Republic]] by fundamentally transforming it into a more progressive form of [[democracy]], sometimes referred to as a "democratic Republic" by Public Union teachers, and of which has essentially reduced the people's protections under Constitutional Law by giving more power to the voters.