The Seventeenth Amendment was approved and ratified to make the Constitution more democratic. Progressives argued forcefully, persistently, and ultimately successfully that the democratic ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the ...

but also in proposing the Twelfth and Seventeenth Amendments, Congress included operative language in the proposing resolutions that specified which changes were to be made in the Constitution ...

Combined with the bicameral system created by the Constitution ... than if they were required to vote as a block. The Seventeenth Amendment profoundly altered Article I, Section 3 by providing ...

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 ...

but also in the Twelfth and Seventeenth Amendments, Congress included operative language in proposing resolutions that specified which changes were to be made in the Constitution, altering the ...

More than 10 percent of current senators first entered the chamber through appointment. Their numbers will soon grow.

Some constitutional scholars believe that Article V, which sets forth the amendment process, is the key to the Constitution's success. It establishes a process where adding amendments is not too ...

State Rep. Bryan Posthumus has proposed a constitutional amendment that would require a would-be voter’s proof of citizenship ...