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		<title>States&#8217; Rights and the 17th Amendment &#8211; Alvin Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problems facing our nation today are not Democratic or Republican. The entire system is broken, as we have veered far from the Constitution the Founding Fathers gave us. Unfortunately, the several amendments added to the original Constitution coupled with onerous decisions by the Supreme Court have resulted in more political power being concentrated in Washington, DC, away from the people.
Please join with the Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Restoration in encouraging States to stand up and demand that our elected representatives pass an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that repeals the 17th Amendment. This will re-establish the procedure for the state legislatures to select their senators, thereby making representatives in the state legislatures beholden to the will of the people and protect them from a runaway federal government. How wonderful it would be to have your US Senator return to your state regularly and often to receive counsel from locally elected officials on how they should vote on certain issues, thereby restoring the states’ ability to protect the people from an over-aggressive federal government. We must call upon leaders at the state level to actively seek this remedy and restore the proper checks and balances on the Federal Government originally intended by the Founders of this great nation. This is the single most effective step we can take to save our economy and restore States’ rights. ]]></description>
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