This article was written by George F. Will , who is a writer for the Washington Post. The article appeared in The State newspaper. The article titled, "The continuing fall of federalism", was written in response to senator Russ Feingold wanting to amend the Constitution. Feingold and McCain have proposed the amending of the 17th Amendment. The article is targeting the American public and the congress in an attempt to say watch what is happening in our government.
The writer of this article, Mr. George F. Will does not agree with Mr. Feingold and Mr. McCain. Mr. Will argues that the Constitution is fine the way it is and that the way in which senators are replaced as their seats becomes vacant is just fine. Mr. Will argues that the more the Constitution is tampered with the more federalism continues to fall. What exactly is federalism you may ask? Well, it is defined as a structure of government whereby several independent states or other forms of geo-political entities come together in an agreement for common defense and other common interests. These entities remain independent but submit to an agreement to protect one another and to allow a federal government to regulate certain areas born out of necessity of a common union. Mr. Will seems to think that this is being eroded and that progressives like Mr. Feingold is using the Blagojevich-Burris fiasco to fuel the issue. I would agree that we need to have a better system of watching who is replacing who and why that particular individual was selected. I do not agree that we need to amend the Constitution to allow elections before the seat can be filled. I would need more information before I would change my mind.
