The news item was written by George F. Will. He is a writer for the Washington Post, but this particular article was posted in The State newspaper, on February 22, 2009. George is a Pulitzer winner and was born in 1941.
It was written to enlightening people on how some people want to change the Constitution. McCain-Feingold want to change how the Senate is elected.The audience of the article are all those who want to know more about what McCain-Feingold want to do with the 17th Amendment to the constitution.
The basic argument of the article is that they feel the people should be more involved in electing them rather than the legislature. I feel that it is a good argument, in allowing the voters to make the choice rather than the legislatures. It would keep the checks and balances system in tact. Feingold wants Senates to be elected every two years instead of six years. He feels that this will be more responsive to the people. I do not agree with the analogy about the first amendment: “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech unless it really, really wants to in order to guarantee that there will be only as much speech about the government as the government considers appropriate, and at times the government approves.” That has nothing do do with the argument being made. McCain-Feingold just want to get the people more involved and eliminate alliances.
