The problem is, if we try to go after the 17th at this point, the dems will want to redress several others, including the 2nd.
The 17th Amendment was never ratified. It lacked the required number of states in support of it. Congress simply declared it ratified, ignoring the Constitutional requirement of the necessary number of states being in support of it. They did precisely the same with regard to the 16th Amendment.
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