UNDO THE PROGRESSIVE EXCESS.

Ed Morrissey and Glenn "Insta Pundit" Reynolds have been contemplating a reform to the Supreme Court in which each state appoints an associate justice to join the nine seated under the current rules.

That’s such a good idea, in fact, that the founders were way ahead of Glenn. His proposal reflects the Constitution’s foundation for the US Senate, which was supposed to be filled by appointees from state governments to represent their interests. The House was the People’s chamber, and the Senate was the states’ chamber, a structure that balanced the interests of both and tempered the reach of the federal government. The 17th Amendment destroyed that balance and made the Senate another vox populi instrument instead, which allowed for the rapid growth of the federal government at the expense of state governments that would have otherwise checked it.

I concur with the view that the Seventeenth Amendment has proven to be a mistake, and suspect, for example, that a Chuck Schumer seated by the New York legislature would not have subjected the country to that protracted (and failed) reconciliation wrangle of last year.

Hot Air's "Allahpundit" concurs.

Ideally we’d ban them from running for president and repeal the 17th Amendment.

But having been granted the power to directly elect their senators, American voters won’t agree to return it to their state legislatures. And that might be for the best in the age of Trump, when ambitious state politicians may be more willing to kowtow to his whims in hopes of earning his favor than MAGA voters are.

Outside the Beltway's James Joyner indirectly corroborates that argument.  "I can’t imagine why anyone who has been or could be a state governor would want to become a US Senator."  If you're a governor, you're already as well positioned to seek the presidency as a senator is.  And perhaps his concluding process complaint, "[the Senate] has been the place where legislation goes to die."  Silly political scientist!  The Senate isn't for passing legislation.  It's for establishing yourself as a future president, that is, if you're not preoccupied with fending off a primary challenge.