Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in April 1913, changed the manner in which our U. S. Senators are selected. Prior to the ...

The long-forgotten 17th Amendment — the one that gave us direct election of senators — has suddenly moved to center stage in the new debate over constitutional first principles fostered by the Tea ...

Seventeenth Amendment is approved by the House of Representatives. The Senate approved it the prior month. The Seventeenth ...

Indiana State Sen. Jim Smith (R-Charleston) is calling on his state to rescind its ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment. Ratified in 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States ...

Utah lawmakers recently approved a resolution calling on Congress to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealing the Seventeenth Amendment. Ratified in 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Seventeenth Amendment, ...