The Preamble to the Constitution says, “We the People of the united States” but should have read “We the People of the several states”. The Constitution was not ratified by the people collectively, it was ratified by the people in each of the 13 states.

Many people fail to recognize that the united States is not a country, it is a union of sovereign Republics. Delegates of the states wrote the Constitution and the people of the states ratified it.

When we elect a President, the winning candidate is not chosen by the popular vote of the people, but is chosen by the states. This system guarantees that each state will be represented based on their population.

If we were to abolish the Electoral College, we would create a democracy and would eliminate the checks and balances that protect the people from a tyranny of the majority.

The direct election of Senators created by the 17th Amendment turned our bicameral Congress into a unicameral legislature with two houses representing the same constituency. What this amendment did was convert our republic into a democracy.

Article V in the Constitution mandates “that no State, without its Consent shall be deprived of it’s equal Suffrage in the Senate”. There are currently seven states which have not ratified the 17th Amendment and are therefore not obligated to comply with this amendment, since they have NOT given their consent.

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