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 ...

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State ...

To all intents and purposes, President Rajapaksa has apparently utilised Article 41C(2) of the 17th Amendment for this purpose. This constitutional article, in actual fact, applies in the converse to ...

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 ...

The Constitution of Pakistan, one of the most comprehensive codified scriptures in the world yet frequently amended, serves as a testament to the country’s turbulent political landscape. Unlike the ...

But to Roberts, the Constitution's 17th Amendment clearly gives the state legislatures this power. "What chumps!" Roberts wrote of the historical figures who pushed for that amendment.

Further, no longer will the ingenious cover of a Parliamentary Select Committee's deliberations on the overall amendment of the 17th Amendment suffice to postpone the appointments. It is evident that ...