In the article, Will describes how Senator Feingold and Senator McCain would like to amend the 17th Amendment. Feingold wants to change the 17th Amendment to deal with filling in empty seats in the Senate. Feingold believes that by changing the 17th Amendment, that the Senate will become more responsive to people. Feingold wants every other state to follow in the ways that his state has done. Will believes that by doing so, would undermine the foundations of federalism. Will also describes how Feingold would like to limit the freedom of speech.
I personally believe that Feingold is only trying to amend the 17th Amendment now due to the controversy with filling Obama's Senate seat. There would not be as much attention paid to this subject if the controversy over Obama's Senate seat were not all over the media. I believe Feingold is just trying to draw attention to himself and has chosen this debate to draw attention. I also have a hard time believing the statement at the end of the article concerning the freedom of speech. I do not believe that any change to the 1st Amendment will be passed by the Supreme Court or will be favored by American citizens.
