re: Why aren't these conservative geniuses talking about repealing the 17th?

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You all should study Congress prior to 1912. It is obvious that you have little to no understanding of how they actually operated.

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Obviously, you have not.

Otherwise, you would have seen hardly any legislation directly affecting states (and state governments) getting passed. It's no accident that the explosion of legislation and regulation interfering with and eroding/destroying state authority in favor of the feds comes after the ratification of the 17th Amendment.

But, please, feel free to use some more emojis.