Realistically it'll never happen, but I believe a good start might be repealing the 17th Amendment. There were probably good reasons to have senators directly e

Realistically it'll never happen, but I believe a good start might be repealing the 17th Amendment. There were probably good reasons to have senators directly elected by the people (instead of appointed by state legislatures), but it's had the effect of reducing the representation of the individual state governments, which causes a lot of resentment over "one-size-fits-all" solutions, including unfunded mandates (where the federal government requires a state to enforce some law or regulation, but provides no funds to pay for it).