On Sunday February 22th, 2009, George F. Will of the Washington Post posted the article “Will: The continuing fall of federalism.” The article was also published in The State. George was born May 1941 and is a Pulitzer Prize winner; and is a newspaper columnist, journalist,and author.
The argument is dealing with the election process that Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin is opposed of the 17th amendment, which states. “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 each 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 was enacted April 8, 1913. The McCain-Feingold amendment requiring elections to fill Senate vacancies will owe any traction it gains to Senate Democrats’ opposition to an election to choose a replacement for the president, which is now Barrack Obama. This amendment would further more reduce power from a state governor in appointed vaccines in the senate. It also would require senators to be elected once every two years instead of every six years as well.
To concluded, I don’t agree with the McCain-Feingold amendment due to the fact it was apart of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. That’s the main reason why I don’t agree with it. The other is it makes power directed towards one central body Washington in choosing state senators, which I don’t believe in. States should be allowed to choose their own senators, not Washington.
