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Some members of the Tea Party movement argued for repealing the Seventeenth Amendment entirely, claiming it would protect states' rights and reduce the power of the federal government. [69] On March 2, 2016, the Utah legislature approved Senate Joint Resolution No. 2 asking Congress to offer an amendment to the United States Constitution that ...
California's 17th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that is currently represented by Ro Khanna. It is located in the South Bay and East Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area. The district includes parts of Alameda County and Santa Clara County.
McCormack (1969) as interpreting analogous language, the CRS report and Norman R. Williams note that the Court concluded that states cannot exercise their delegated powers over the election of members of Congress under the Congressional Elections Clause in a way that would "effect a fundamental change in the constitutional structure" and that ...
There have been a total of 252 senators appointed to the United States Senate since the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, including 205 appointments made before the next scheduled or special election and 47 appointments made of senators-elect who have already been elected to the seat.
A convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also referred to as an Article V Convention, state convention, [1] or amendatory convention is one of two methods authorized by Article Five of the United States Constitution whereby amendments to the United States Constitution may be proposed: on the Application of two thirds of the State legislatures (that is, 34 of the 50 ...
The measure would make an array of changes to the Los Angeles City Charter intended to strengthen the city's powers, including clarifying the responsibilities of elected officials and commissioners.
Democrats have relied heavily on California’s 54 electoral votes in presidential elections for decades. The last time a Republican presidential candidate won in California was in 1988, when ...
California voters will decide in November whether the state Constitution should explicitly protect a person's right to an abortion, and Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new efforts to solidify ...