GOP Congressman Introduces Measure To Repeal Constitutional Amendment

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Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) has introduced a resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment.

The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct election of U.S. senators in each state.

Before, senators were appointed by state legislatures.

The 17th Amendment reads:

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

“The 17th Amendment has created a Senate that violates the intent of the Constitution—allowing senators to be more beholden to Washington than the states they claim to represent,” Self said.

“We need to repeal the 17th Amendment to restore the Constitution’s original balance of power, strengthen federalism, and make the Senate accountable to the states it was designed to represent,” he added.

More from the Washington Examiner:

Self argues repealing the amendment would restore the “constitutional balance and make the Senate more accountable to the people of Texas and every other state in the union.”

Reps. Eric Burlison (R-MO), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Scott Perry (R-PA), Mary Miller (R-IL), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Sheri Biggs (R-SC), and Michael Cloud (R-TX) are all co-sponsors of the measure.

Gosar wrote in a statement that Self’s joint resolution, which would hand the selection of senators back over to state legislatures, would “restore an important constitutional check, strengthen state sovereignty, and help bring accountability back to an institution that too often obstructs meaningful reform.”

“The Founders intended the Senate to be the voice of the states in our federal system, not a perpetual roadblock to the will of the American people,” Gosar wrote.

Higgins argued the 17th Amendment allowed “big money” to twist Senate races into “circus acts.”

“The current system has given us six-year politicians more focused on national ambitions and the institution of the U.S. Senate than on the states they serve,” Self said, according to the outlet.

“Our Founding Fathers designed the Senate to protect state sovereignty and act as a check on federal overreach. If senators are supposed to represent their states, then the states should choose them,” he added.

Newsmax has more:

The 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, replaced the Constitution’s original system under which state legislatures appointed senators.

Supporters of the amendment argued direct elections reduced corruption and legislative deadlocks that had left Senate seats vacant, while advocates of repeal contend the original system better preserved state influence in the federal government.

Repealing the amendment would require approval by two-thirds of both chambers of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of the states.

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IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

Read the 9/11 Interviews

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