A measure introduced by a Republican state lawmaker would urge Congress to abolish the 17th Amendment and allow legislatures, ...

Arizona state lawmaker Khyl Powell introduced a measure last week urging the U.S. Congress to repeal the Seventeenth ...

Trump opposition on the matter, lead by Sen. Mark Kelly rejected the idea outright, stating, “At a time when families are ...

You've already heard about most of the important issues in Missouri's U.S. Senate race, from taxes and budgets to Social Security and Medicare. Now comes the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. U ...

In an "As I See It" published on Nov. 15, Paul F. deLespinasse proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to help "rebalance the power of the states and the federal government" by taking out of ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...

MAGA-aligned Arizona State Representative Khyl Powell (R), a member of its House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections ...

Back in August 2023, I wrote about a potential Seventeenth Amendment conflict in Kentucky. Under Kentucky law, in the event of a Senate vacancy, the Governor could only appoint a temporary Senator of ...

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 ...

In an "As I See It" published on Nov. 15, Paul F. deLespinasse proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to help "rebalance the power of the states and the federal government" by taking out of ...