A former aide to state Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, who is running for Congress said in a recent debate among Republican candidates for Tennessee’s 5th District the idea he is most passionate about is repealing the 17th Amendment.
The 17th Amendment?
The 14th Amendment we’ve heard a lot about recently with the repeal of Roe v. Wade, but the 17th? That probably quickly sent debate attendees to their smartphones to learn the 17th Amendment allowed the direct election of United States senators.
Tres Wittum, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate who was an aide to Watson from 2011 to 2017, said returning the election of U.S. senators to state legislators would give legislators a needed voice in the federal government.
He elaborated his thoughts in a weekly podcast of The Pamphleteer, a Nashville alternative digital newsletter.