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Path to Liberty · August 12 · 28 min

The 17th Amendment Broke the Founders Kill Switch

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 Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here SHOW LINKS: JOIN TAC Show Archives REVOLUTION BETRAYED – America Rebuilt the System the Founders Fought a War to Secede From William Davie – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 July 1788) Declaration of Independence 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) 17th Amendment (1913) 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) MORE VIDEO SOURCES Watch on Rumble Watch on Odysee Watch on X Watch on Bitchute Watch on Brighteon Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Spotify FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC: Become a Member: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/ Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest The post The 17th Amendment Broke the Founders Kill Switch appeared first on Tenth Amendment Center.

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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

Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Podbean | Youtube Music | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More Platforms Here

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JOIN TAC

Show Archives

REVOLUTION BETRAYED – America Rebuilt the System the Founders Fought a War to Secede From

William Davie – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (25 July 1788)

Declaration of Independence

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)

17th Amendment (1913)

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)

MORE VIDEO SOURCES
Watch on Rumble

Watch on Odysee

Watch on X

Watch on Bitchute

Watch on Brighteon

Watch on LinkedIn

Watch on Spotify

FOLLOW and SUPPORT TAC:

Become a Member: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/members/
Email Newsletter: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/register
RSS: https://feeds.feedburner.com/tacdailydigest

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