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  2. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3 , Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures .

  3. In 1913, citizens earned right to vote for U.S. senators ...

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    The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in April 1913, changed the manner in which our U. S. Senators are selected. Prior to the Amendment, Article I, Section 3 provided that the Senators were chosen ...

  4. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Seventeenth Amendment (1913) modifies the way senators are elected. It stipulates that senators are to be elected by direct popular vote. The amendment supersedes Article 1, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2, under which the two senators from each state were elected by the state legislature.

  5. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol.

  6. Category : Amendments to the United States Constitution

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    0–9. Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution; Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

  7. A growing political movement aims to rewrite the U.S ...

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    Goals floated by the movement include a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on a variety of federal officials, a repeal of the 17th amendment and a limit on the size of the U.S. Supreme ...

  8. Opinion - A right to life, but not to die — it’s not just ...

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    Proponents of the new amendment explained that their purpose was to “make it harder for lawmakers to — at some later time — legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state.”

  9. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    2.2 Fourth Amendment. 2.3 Fifth Amendment. 2.4 Sixth Amendment. 2.5 Eighth Amendment. 2.6 Fourteenth Amendment. ... Free Exercise Clause; Free Speech Clause; Free ...