x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:55:50 -0500 thread-index: AdBNRzo1lwCh1ddVTd6V3QkMqBU4MA== Thread-Topic: Repeal the 17th Amendment ! From: To: Subject: Repeal the 17th Amendment ! Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:55:50 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Feb 2015 19:55:50.0914 (UTC) FILETIME=[3A419E20:01D04D47] CUSTOM Mr Rocky O Bensch Citizen PO Box 392 147 Song Bird Trail Pickens SC 29671 rockybensch@gmail.com 864-507-3095 864-552-0399 GOVE Repeal the 17th Amendment ! Ma'am, Please read the following article, with which I entirely agree entirely. I'm certain that you probably agree with me, that this is the direction in which we need to take our country back, in order. The Repeal the 17th Amendment, would serve to take us towards the recovery of our Constitutional Republic, as our Framers intended it to be. Thank you for taking the time to listen to your constituency. Keep up the good work! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want to take your country back? Here's where it starts by Bob Livingston on February 9, 2015 Under the Founders' Constitution, U.S. senators understood for whom they worked. Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution required that "[t]he Senate or the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislatures thereof." As such, senators posed a barrier against federal usurpation of states' rights. During the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, John Dickinson of Delaware argued "that the members of the second branch (the Senate) ought to be chosen by the individual legislatures." George Mason of Virginia agreed. He said: "Whatever power may be necessary for the national government, a certain portion must necessarily be left for the states. It is impossible for one power to pervade the extreme parts of the United States, so as to carry equal justice to them. The state legislatures, also, ought to have some means of defending themselves against the encroachments of the national government. In every other department, we have studiously endeavored to provide for its self-defense. Shall we leave the states alone unprovided with the means for this purpose?" Depending upon their point of view, Founders either hailed or lamented the fact that, by simply refusing to appoint senators, the states could see the central government "destroyed" (William Richardson Davie) and "put an end to" (Samuel Johnston). Or as Alexander Hamilton (who actually wanted a U.S. system similar to British mercantilism) opined: "It is certainly true, that the State Legislatures, by forbearing the appointment of Senators, may destroy the National Government." When bills came before the Senate, senators were compelled to understand the will of their states on the matter and vote in the best interests of their states. Several times, senators either resigned because they disagreed with their states on legislation or were recalled and replaced if they refused to vote as their states directed. James Madison argued that the Senate acted as a check on the federal government and prevented tyranny because "no law or resolution can now be passed without the concurrence first of a majority of the people (through the House), and then a majority of the states." That came to an end in 1913 with the passage of the 17th Amendment, which has since played a key role in suppressing the voice and will of the people and elevating the fascist system under which we currently suffer. Repealing the 17th Amendment would take the money out of Senate elections on the federal level. Senators would be beholden to their state legislatures again rather than the corporatist class that lines their pockets, finances their re-election campaigns and ensures them seven-figure lobbying gigs once their time in "public service" ends. Senators would not act against their states, as 12 senators from 10 states are currently doing in regard to President Barack Obama's executive action on amnesty for illegals. Twenty-six states have sued the federal government over Obama's unconstitutional executive actions. But lawmakers from 10 of those states have twice blocked debate on a bill that would undo Obama's immigration actions. Those senators are: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) Without the 17th Amendment, it's likely that many - if not most or all - of those senators would not have blocked a bill on Obama's illegal actions and would have acted in concert with their states' wishes by repealing Obama's actions, thereby negating the need for the lawsuit in the first place. It's clear that if the U.S. is to restore human liberty and return to the Federalist system created by the Founders and since destroyed by Abraham Lincoln, the Federal Reserve Act, the 16th and 17th Amendments and an activist Supreme Court that abused the 14th Amendment, one step - and probably the first step - must be to repeal the 17th Amendment. Repealing the 17th Amendment would take the money out of Senate elections on the federal level. Senators would be beholden to their state legislatures, rather than to the corporatist class that lines their pockets and finances their re-election campaigns. Also, term limits must be established for representatives and senators. They should be put under the Social Security and the same Obamacare healthcare system as the American people. There should be no privilege associated with elected office. Their ability to vote for themselves pay raises, their tenure and pension perks, their liberal, special low-cost health perks not available to citizens, their immunity from the laws they pass on the people, their retirement plans paid for by the government (read: the people), and their lack of term limits must all be removed. Their salaries should be paid by their respective states. John McMullin, a lawyer who has written extensively in law literature about the 17th Amendment, says that repealing the 17th Amendment would give state legislatures a greater say in the federal political process in several ways. Among them, it would have the effect of elevating state legislatures from that of lobbyists to that of partners in the political process. The states would have the ability to decentralize federal power when appropriate. It would also give states more influence over the selection of federal judges and much greater say in the power of the federal judiciary. The damage created by the 17th Amendment and its aftershocks cannot be overstated. It has helped destroy the federal system and republicanism and create a fascist, two-headed-monster, one-party system of graft and corruption. The election process in America is nothing more than a disguise for corruption that attracts the corrupt. When men and women go to Washington, they pretty soon learn that they are paid by the federal government, corporations and lobbyists and, therefore, they are in the hire of the federal government, corporations and lobbyists. (Note: This applies to the elected class, the judiciary and the bureaucrats.) No allegiance to their constituents is necessary and, as a matter of fact, there is very little pretension - except at election time. This process would have to be a grass-roots, from-the-ground-up campaign. It's unrealistic to think congressweasels would willingly give up their perks and power. But it starts with educating your friends about the damage caused by the 17th Amendment's passage. Source for quotes: "The Founding Fathers Guide To The Constitution" by Brion McClanahan