The law is just another push to continue elevating politicians in America to royalty.
Filling vacancies by only hand picked successors is Anti-American and anti-democracy I don't give a shit who pushed the bill.
Politicians like Bitch McConnell believe that they alone are the rightful rulers of the US citizens.
Allowing a governor or leaving senator select the successor is not democracy. If the voters voted you in, and you leave, the next person selected is not the will of the voters.
If a senate or congressional seat is vacated it should be federal law requiring a new special election. Otherwise this will be abused as a way to subvert the will of the people by forcing a vacancy either by corrupt congress terminating a seat, like what they are trying to do to MTG or by a mysterious plane crash in the middle of the ocean, like they did to Robert Kennedy Jr.
Either you were voted in or you were not, selection is not democracy.
Senators used to be appointed by State legislatures up until the 17th Amendment was passed. I actually like that idea better than direct election, because then your state government becomes far more important politically. A change in State government could change the dynamic of national politics with the appointment of Senators from the new party in power. The 17A took state government out of the equation entirely, and now most people don’t pay much attention to it.
The initial breakdown of government was the House of Representatives represented the people (proportional representation), the Senate represented the states (two per state so all are equal), and the President was the chief executive who signed off on legislation once both sides were in agreement.
It would also make Senators far more accountable, since they could be replaced at any time if public outcry in their states becomes too great, like good’ol Mittens in Utah. He’d be gone already.
Fuck this grifter and the law he helped pass.
The law is just another push to continue elevating politicians in America to royalty.
Filling vacancies by only hand picked successors is Anti-American and anti-democracy I don't give a shit who pushed the bill.
Politicians like Bitch McConnell believe that they alone are the rightful rulers of the US citizens.
Allowing a governor or leaving senator select the successor is not democracy. If the voters voted you in, and you leave, the next person selected is not the will of the voters.
If a senate or congressional seat is vacated it should be federal law requiring a new special election. Otherwise this will be abused as a way to subvert the will of the people by forcing a vacancy either by corrupt congress terminating a seat, like what they are trying to do to MTG or by a mysterious plane crash in the middle of the ocean, like they did to Robert Kennedy Jr.
Either you were voted in or you were not, selection is not democracy.
Senators used to be appointed by State legislatures up until the 17th Amendment was passed. I actually like that idea better than direct election, because then your state government becomes far more important politically. A change in State government could change the dynamic of national politics with the appointment of Senators from the new party in power. The 17A took state government out of the equation entirely, and now most people don’t pay much attention to it.
The initial breakdown of government was the House of Representatives represented the people (proportional representation), the Senate represented the states (two per state so all are equal), and the President was the chief executive who signed off on legislation once both sides were in agreement.
It would also make Senators far more accountable, since they could be replaced at any time if public outcry in their states becomes too great, like good’ol Mittens in Utah. He’d be gone already.