Passed by Congress May 13, 1912. Ratified April 8, 1913. Note: Article I, section 3, of the Constitution was modified by the 17th amendment. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two ...

In these turbulent and sad times, it is hard to keep quiet about abuses and violations of human rights taking place around the world; in eastern DR Congo, South Sudan, Ukraine, and Gaza. Among the ...

An early 1900s campaign to amend direct election of U.S. senators into the Constitution ultimately yielded the 17th Amendment - not because states racked up enough applications, but because Congress ...

Would such processes be accord well with the legislative intent of Article 41C(2) of the 17th Amendment even if one is inclined to brush aside that rather nebulous concept of the 'spirit of the ...

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. The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913 ...

This was eliminated by the 14th Amendment, which established equal protection of the laws and due process for all. Critics of the Tea Party point to this clause in the original constitution as ...

Legislature.” Thus, the Constitution gives authority for determining elector qualifications to the states. The Seventeenth Amendment adopted the same qualifications language to apply to the ...

the consequences of bypassing the Constitution will come home to roost as it were. This was what befell even more powerful Presidents in the past who indeed, thought themselves invincible. What does ...

An early 1900s campaign to amend direct election of U.S. senators into the Constitution ultimately yielded the 17th Amendment — not because states racked up enough applications, but because ...