On 8 April 1913 the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution requiring direct popular election of senators was ratified, thus destroying what was left of the Constitution by destroying states' representation as states in the Congress. What shreds of the Constitution Lincoln's revolution left, the Progressive era pulverized, then the New Deal blew away the dust.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
April 8, 1865 & 1913
On 8 April 1913 the 17th Amendment to the US Constitution requiring direct popular election of senators was ratified, thus destroying what was left of the Constitution by destroying states' representation as states in the Congress. What shreds of the Constitution Lincoln's revolution left, the Progressive era pulverized, then the New Deal blew away the dust.
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