Commentary On Elections-Part Forty-Nine

The 1789 American Constitution clearly wanted members of the U.S Senate to serve one term as the state legislatures would choose a different member for the federal legislative upper house body once every six years. When the US Constitution's 17th Amendment was passed in 1913 in which the People would choose the U.S. Senator, it did not cite term limits so the same individual could continue to serve as U.S. Senator if elected.

As much of the legislation and constitutional amendments in 1913 have been proven to be erroneous, ineffective, and even tyrannical, they all really need to be revisited by the genuinely public and divided legislatures on both the federal and state level. It would be far more prudent and representatively democratic if the genuinely public and divided state legislatures select the members of the Senate of the United States. While the reasons for this measure may be quite different now than when the Constitution was originally written, the outcome for the implementation of this measure would be the same. That outcome would yield more representative governance.

The drafters of the American Constitution desired the state's choices for U.S. Senators to serve one term. Due to the fact the U.S. Senate has the sole power to confirm Presidential appointments who require consent, to provide advice and consent to ratify treaties, and to try impeachment cases of federal officials referred to it by the U.S. House of Representatives, the role of its members must be much more "APOLITICAL" than the federal legislative lower house. Therefore having US Senators stand elections by the electorate is a contradiction to this.

Due to the foregoing, not only should the legitimate state legislatures select members of the U.S. Senate, each member should serve one term only.