The article entitled, “Will: The continuing fall of federalism” was written by George F. Will of the Washington Post. This article was posted on posted on Sun, Feb. 22, 2009 on South Carolina’s Homepage: TheState.com. This article is directed to the general audience of the American people. This article was written to show that Feingold’s wants to amend the 17th Amendment. John McCain is also co-sponsor of Feingold’s solution. The 17th Amendment says that when Senate vacancies occur, “the executive authority” of the affected state “shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.” Feingold’s amendment says: “No person shall be a Senator from a State unless such person has been elected by the people thereof. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.”
Therefore the author’s main argument is the Feingold is trying to change the constitution. Will argues that the constitution should not be touched and he strongly disagrees with Feingold’s and McCain’s beliefs. The author makes it clear that the more the constitution is bothered with the more federalism will continue to fall. As stated in the title of this article it clearly states how the author is feeling. Personally, I agree with George F. Will and think that the constitution should not be touched in this matter. I think that there are some things in the constitution that could use minor changes or some additional add-ons as the year’s progress but this is not one of them.
