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 ...

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 ...

SENATOR Raza Rabbani`s statement assuring the opposition that there was no “wavering” on the part of the government on repealing the 17th Amendment to the constitution is welcome. The PPP and its ...

Amending the Constitution is increasingly necessary, whether to replace the Electoral College or to guarantee the right to vote. But the usual question — “It’s too difficult, so why bother?” — is ...

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 ...

Amending the Constitution is increasingly necessary, whether to replace the Electoral College or to guarantee the right to vote. But the usual question — “It’s too difficult, so why bother?” — is ...

Constitution Day is celebrated annually on Sept. 17 to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution. The holiday also recognizes all who have become naturalized U.S. citizens and is known as ...

In the Nov. 4 election, Texas voters approved 17 proposed constitutional amendments and voted on dozens of other local propositions and elections (see results). During the 89th Legislature, Texas ...