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Re: Should the choosing of Senators be taken from the people and given back to the st
How would state legislatures (which are elected by the people of the state) electing senators protect those states from being "pushed around by the federal government" that direct election would not? And of course, the history of our nation is rife with examples of the federal government protecting the people from the states, not the other way around.
Don't the people of the state have an interest in their state not being pushed around by the federal government? One of the issue we have now is the federal government continually passing bully legislation and threatening federal highway funds and the such if the states don't do their bidding. I would think that states might have more clout to stand up for themselves if there were a balance and one of the bodies represented the states (who, in turn, represent their people).
How would state legislatures (which are elected by the people of the state) electing senators protect those states from being "pushed around by the federal government" that direct election would not? And of course, the history of our nation is rife with examples of the federal government protecting the people from the states, not the other way around.