Sunday, March 1, 2009

Assignment #5- JDeVoll

In the article "The continuing fall of federalism", George F. Will discusses the impact of the 17th amendment. The article appeared in the Washington Post. In it, Will trys to show the american people his views on how Senator Russ Feingold is trying to change the 17th amendment and how (in the authors opinion)it is not a good thing. The author is arguing that by allowing these changes it "nudge the Senate still further away from the nature and function the Framers favored."