[CTRL] The US Senate, Defined by Art.I Sec.3, No Longer Exists

2003-06-08 Thread William Shannon
-Caveat Lector- http://www.friendsofliberty.com/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=1040 The U.S. Senate, defined by Art. I Sec. 3, no longer exists Don Cline ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) June 8, 2003It has been a very long time since I have discussed this issue, but it came up recently in a debate on

Re: [CTRL] The US Senate, Defined by Art.I Sec.3, No Longer Exists

2003-06-08 Thread Jim Rarey
-Caveat Lector- This is utter nonsense. The states are guaranteed "equal suffrage" in the senate. Each state has two senators and each senator has one vote. That was not changed by the 17th Amendment. Only the method of choosing those two senators was changed. Granted the 17th was ill