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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 .
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In 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment changed the system so that senators were popularly elected in staggered statewide races. Judicial power – In the United States, judges have the power to rule unconstitutional any law or regulation, even if it was duly approved by the legislature and signed by the President..
This category is for court cases in the United States dealing with the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Pages in category "United States Seventeenth Amendment case law" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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.
The Seventeenth Amendment may refer to the: Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, 1964 amendment relating to the acquisition of property by government; Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, relating to cabinet confidentiality; Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, granting more power to the ...
It seems that almost every time an argument for the 17th amendment is brought up, a counter-argument of some sort is inserted to negate it. The tone of the article feels slanted. – Jadebenn (talk · contribs · subpages) 06:48, 2 August 2021 (UTC)