The Constitution: The Seventeenth Amendment

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

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: 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.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

I think this is where the political fine tuning or as I like to call it, the Bend Over America Transition started.  Based on this amendment and the one reason it was created, I think the Minnesota State Legislature will be having an amendment soon.  I guess back in 1855ish, several states failed to elect a senator and the seats was left vacant.  This somehow was a protest to the elimination of slavery and laws to facilitate slave freedom.  I did not feel like reading the whole thing but basically, there was a change in the way the senators were elected that made it harder for anyone to screw with the election.  Someone is always trying to keep someone down.  Whether it is the Cast system in India, the "which God claimed this land first"  in the Middle East, (Here is some news, it is all the same God and they are all cousins 40 generations ago)  or the Protestants are more advanced than the Catholics bull shit in the English speaking areas, people just want to feel superior to someone.  Your penis may hang down farther but mine is stiffer.

I myself know for sure what I am more superior than, mayonnaise and/or pork.  Either way the proof is in the pulling.  Other than that, I am not too sure and will try not to judge.  The Seventeenth amendment was fine tuning the way States interacted with the Union.  That is a good thing.