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Repeal the 17th Amendment. Restore Liberty.

Repeal the 17th Amendment. Restore Liberty.

Decentralization is an essential element for restoring self-government (and good government in general) in the United States. And U.S. senators chosen by state legislatures would be a tremendous boon to decentralization. Repeal the 17th Amendment; restore liberty. All citizens would be the beneficiaries.


Repeal the 17th Amendment

by John MacMullin, Mises.org Nearing election time again, we are reminded that the there are no checks and balances available to the states over federal power or over Congress itself in any area. However, in the history of our country, it was not always this way. In the original design by the Framers of the [...]