1913 was a really bad year. And one of the biggest changes came from the 17th Amendment. It didn’t just alter the way federal senators are chosen, it actually broke a process the framers built into the system: A constitutional KILL SWITCH to end the federal government. On this episode, it’s the “absolute safeguard” – the lost nuclear option for the states that the government-run schools never teach.
Path to Liberty: August 12, 2026
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REVOLUTION BETRAYED – America Rebuilt the System the Founders Fought a War to Secede From
William Davie – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 July 1788)
Constitution – Article I, Section 3, Clause 1
Articles of Confederation – Article V
EPISODE – 17th Amendment Myth Busted: There was no Recall Power
Fisher Ames – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (19 Jan 1788)
John Dickinson – Fabius II (15 Apr 1788)
Tench Coxe – A Freeman II (30 Jan 1788)
James Madison – Virginia Ratifying Convention (5 June 1788)
Tench Coxe – An American Citizen II (28 Sept 1787)
Patrick Henry – Virginia Ratifying Convention (7 June 1788)
EPISODE – Repeal the 17th Amendment: Ignored Anti-Federalist Warnings on the Senate
Judge Increase Sumner – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (22 Jan 1788)
James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (27 Nov 1787)
Tench Coxe – A Pennsylvanian IV (27 Feb 1788) p486
BOOK – The other federalist papers: Tench Coxe
Gov. Samuel Johnston – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 July 1788)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 59 (22 Feb 1788)
Federal Farmer XII (12 Jan 1788)
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