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  2. Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Seventeenth Amendment altered the process for electing United States senators and changed the way vacancies would be filled. Originally, the Constitution required state legislatures to fill Senate vacancies. According to Judge Bybee, the Seventeenth Amendment had a dramatic impact on the political composition of the U.S. Senate. [48]

  3. Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - Wikipedia

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  4. Seventeenth Amendment - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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

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    The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...

  6. Right to petition in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The right to petition includes under its umbrella the legal right to sue the government. [15] Civil litigation between two private individuals or entities is considered to be a right to a peititon, since they are asking the government's court system to remedy their problems. [15]

  7. Category : United States Seventeenth Amendment case law

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    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.

  8. Tax protester constitutional arguments - Wikipedia

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    The [taxpayer's] petition in this case, while rambling and lengthy, appears to rely primarily on arguments that neither the Internal Revenue Service nor this Court has authority to determine petitioner's tax liability because the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, which changed the method of electing senators to the U.S. Congress, was ...

  9. Substantive due process - Wikipedia

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    For example, some substantive due process liberties may be protectable according to the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Most originalists believe that rights should be identified and protected by the majority legislatively or, if legislatures lack the power, by constitutional amendments.