Who Decides the Extent of Federal Power?
(blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com)
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Originally the senate represented the rights of the individual states, and they were appointed by state reps. They never stood for popular election.
This was changed so they could stop the senate from blocking prohibition.
Things have gotten steady fuked up since then.
We need to change it back.
History is a wonderful thing to behold.
It would be the easiest and fastest to return more power to the states where it belongs.
That would take political will.
No it would take the will of the people, they had it when they changed it the first time.