17th Amendment

12 Laws Tea Partiers Would Repeal if they Could

Kent Greenfield | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Rand Paul, Social Security, 17th Amendment, Ron Paul, Slidepollajax, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Tea Party, Civil Rights, Politics News

While individual supporters of the Tea Party may differ on specific proposals, the leaders of the movement have articulated a commitment to rolling back decades of legislative and constitutional changes.

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The Next Amendment

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amendment, Tea Party, Cantors, National-Anthem, The Land of the Free and the Brave, 17th Amendment, Duncan Hunter, Baseball Fans, Singing, U.S. Constitution, Repeal Amendment, Constitutional Amendment, Comedy News

While these are all good suggestions that I hope will someday be the law of our land, there's a problem we need to get to first: the desecration of our national anthem.

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Antonin Scalia -- The Tea Party's Court Justice

David Gans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Constitution, Justice Scalia, 17th Amendment, Politics News

It's time Justice Antonin Scalia -- and his ideological soul mates in the Tea Party -- honored the whole Constitution, including all the Amendments that make the Constitution the great and enduring document it is today.

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A Short and Clear Guide to What a Midterm Vote Really Means

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 14th Amendment, Lies, House of Representatives, Karl Rove, Social Security, Department of Education, 17th Amendment, Death Panels, George W. Bush, Christine O'donnell, Privatizing Social Security, Citizens United, Bush Economic Policies, Nate Silver, U.S. Senate, Midterm Elections, Koch Brothers, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Spending Cuts, Ken Buck, Unemployment Insurance, Deregulation, Tax Cuts, Midterms, Chamber of Commerce, Huffington Post, Sharron Angle, Ron Johnson, Tea Party, Republicans, Politics News

When you pull a lever on Tuesday, you may think you are voting for one candidate or another, but, in the big picture, the vote won't be for a person. Instead, you will be voting based on these opposing principles.

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Constitutional Conservatives?
8 Self-Proclaimed Lovers Of The U.S. Constitution That Want To Amend It

AOL News | David Knowles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Constitutional Amendments, 16th Amendment Repeal, 17th Amendment, 17th Amendment Repeal, 16th Amendment, Constitutional Conservatives, Constitution, 14th Amendment Repeal, 14th Amendment, Politics News

Does the U.S. Constitution grant Americans citizens too many rights? That seems to be the conclusion reached by some tea party activists and the cand...

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The 17th Amendment is Good for America

Sally Kohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appointment, Tea Party, Populism, Original Intent, Repeal, James Madison, Democracy, Senators, Founders, Constitution, Founders' Friday, Direct Election, Fox News, Glenn Beck, 17th Amendment, Senate, Politics News

There's a movement afoot to repeal the 17th Amendment of the United States Constitution which allows for the two US Senators from each state to be "el...

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Repeal the 17th Amendment

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, 10th Amendment, Teabaggers, 17th Amendment, Tea Party, Politics News

The continued lack of enforcement of the 10th Amendment has been one of the failures of the conservative movement. The best way to revive this amendment is to repeal the 17th Amendment.

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House Candidate Geoghegan: Senate Appointments Violate Constitution

New York Times | Thomas Geoghegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Valenti v. Rockefeller, Roland Burris, Senate Appointments, Blagojevich Senate Appointment, 17th Amendment, Special Elections, Chicago News

IN 2009 four new senators will slip into office -- all in violation of the Constitution, which requires a special election to fill a Senate vacancy. C...

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Burris Flap Tosses Glare on Virtual Lily White Senate

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Elections, Politics, Bobby Rush, 17th Amendment, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois, US Senate, Democrats, Roland Burris, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Senate's glaring diversity problem goes far beyond the white out of African Americans. The paucity of openly gay members, minorities and women among the 100 senators is just as glaring.

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How the 17th Amendment was Supposed to Save Us from Being Blago'd.

James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caroline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Governor Blagojevich, 17th Amendment, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Politics News

Senators were originally selected by the members of the House, but a Constitutional Amendment, the 17th, changed that.

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