The Seventeenth Amendment (Reply #42) - Democratic Underground

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Response to Egnever (Reply #41)

Thu May 19, 2016, 03:22 AM

Yupster (14,308 posts)

42. The Seventeenth Amendment

is one of those that no one really pays much attention to, but it really was incredibly important.

It took away the greatest power that the states had to wield power in Washington. Once that power was taken away from the states, the country became very different. The central government could capture more and more powers from the states which it has done the last 100 years since the amendment was passed.

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Texas GOP adopts platform of erasing minorities by ‘assimilation’ into an ‘American identity’ [View all]	left-of-center2012	May 2016	OP
Just what constitutes an "American Identity?"	padfun	May 2016	#1
what constitutes an "American Identity?"	left-of-center2012	May 2016	#5
Look to Italian americans	Drahthaardogs	May 2016	#15
I thought that was Iowa.	Aristus	May 2016	#21
When I was a teacher long ago	Yupster	May 2016	#43
I suppose it means that we all have to adapt to a native American culture.	drm604	May 2016	#10
No, it is more than that.	Drahthaardogs	May 2016	#16
That was sarcasm.	drm604	May 2016	#17
I believe this is the Texas version of the AI.	yellowcanine	May 2016	#18
The literal poster-boy for self-destructive behavior.	Aristus	May 2016	#22
It's become a disgusting fascist place. n/t	RKP5637	May 2016	#37
I posted a lot of their platform's policies a couple of days ago. It 'interesting' to say the least.	pampango	May 2016	#2
Remember when they were against the teaching of critical thinking in the schools?	hobbit709	May 2016	#3
Wait. They want Glass-Steagall back?	raging moderate	May 2016	#6
Thank you for posti ng this list again	Person 2713	May 2016	#13
Notice it's all about what they oppose.	alarimer	May 2016	#24
those Reps have serious cognitive issues. nt	irisblue	May 2016	#25
It's really become a mental disorder and I'm serious. They do have quite serious pathological	RKP5637	May 2016	#38
We support the repeal of the 17th Amendment of the United States	Egnever	May 2016	#41
The Seventeenth Amendment	Yupster	May 2016	#42
I have no doubt it had an impact.	Egnever	May 2016	#49
The bottom line:	Dale Neiburg	May 2016	#51
This message was self-deleted by its author	davidn3600	May 2016	#57
this is	heaven05	May 2016	#52
We support the immediate repeal of Dodd-Frank legislation and replace with the Glass-Steagall Act.	cloudbase	May 2016	#4
Because even in Texas there are some older people who	jwirr	May 2016	#7
+1 nt	bemildred	May 2016	#19
Um St. Patrick's day? Christmas?	underpants	May 2016	#8
"MURKAN holidays"	left-of-center2012	May 2016	#9
I. didn't know that.	underpants	May 2016	#11
Christianity is foreign law.	alfredo	May 2016	#55
Ooh	underpants	May 2016	#56
Same goes for Judaism.	alfredo	May 2016	#58
Sometimes there's just not enough rocks	underpants	May 2016	#60
What good is rock without the roll?	alfredo	May 2016	#61
Build a wall and deport them back to where they came from	jpak	May 2016	#12
No more guacamole, pizza or sushi?? Wtf!	Person 2713	May 2016	#14
I'm Scot-Irish descent, but ...	left-of-center2012	May 2016	#20
Me too.	Manifestor_of_Light	May 2016	#28
Most Americans don't know ...	left-of-center2012	May 2016	#29
That is true.	Manifestor_of_Light	May 2016	#30
And stole the other half of America from Britain	davidn3600	May 2016	#44
I thought Jefferson bought about a third of it from France?	Volaris	May 2016	#46
That transaction wouldnt have happened without the Revolution	davidn3600	May 2016	#47
yours is merely one of many possible ways as to how it works.	LanternWaste	May 2016	#54
Hummus blends into guacamole?	keithbvadu2	May 2016	#39
why is it that every war movie showed a diverse cast...a white diverse cast but diverse non the less	dembotoz	May 2016	#23
"You can all be white too someday!"	bemildred	May 2016	#26
With respect to Stan Freberg	Feeling the Bern	May 2016	#32
He was priceless.	bemildred	May 2016	#33
Tom Lehrer	Feeling the Bern	May 2016	#34
I'll tell you...	Scalded Nun	May 2016	#27
See Kyle? Do you see kyle? The Texas GOP see Kyle!	Feeling the Bern	May 2016	#31
What's the common American identity?	IronLionZion	May 2016	#35
"GOP thinks Americans are white Christians"	left-of-center2012	May 2016	#36
You have to be the 'right' kind of Political Christian.	keithbvadu2	May 2016	#40
Most Americans assume we are supposed to be a "melting pot"	davidn3600	May 2016	#45
In the Eighties when I was a history teacher,	Yupster	May 2016	#48
How'd that work out with our Indian tribes?	sofa king	May 2016	#50
The truth is, they just want everyone to be white.	Aristus	May 2016	#53
the borg with a cowboy hat....how nice	dembotoz	May 2016	#59

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