The frenzied response to the leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would repeal Roe v. Wade has once again highlighted America’s extreme polarization, which has, in part, been driven by an ever increasing tendency to nationalize political disagreements. A turn away from this modern obsession with one-size-fits-all federal policy and back to more localized politics may help alleviate some of this national angst.
Would Repealing the 17th Amendment Fix the Senate?
However unlikely we are to amend the Constitution, it’s worth considering how returning senatorial elections to statehouses would improve our politics.
