On April 8, 1913, the 17th amendment to the Constitution, providing for the popular election of U.S. senators, was ratified.
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Article V, which provides for Amendments, prohibits any Amendment that deprives a state without its consent of its representation in the Senate. And the Constitution distinguishes between the people and the states, so that the voters of a state are not themselves that state. The alleged 17th Amendment has never been challenged by a party with standing to do so, but it is plainly unadoptable without unanimous ratification, which has not happened.
However, at this stage, no constituent state would not delegate election of Senators to the voters of its jurisdiction, so the practical effects of nullifying the alleged Amendment seem themselves null.
1 reply on “17th Amendment”
Article V, which provides for Amendments, prohibits any Amendment that deprives a state without its consent of its representation in the Senate. And the Constitution distinguishes between the people and the states, so that the voters of a state are not themselves that state. The alleged 17th Amendment has never been challenged by a party with standing to do so, but it is plainly unadoptable without unanimous ratification, which has not happened.
However, at this stage, no constituent state would not delegate election of Senators to the voters of its jurisdiction, so the practical effects of nullifying the alleged Amendment seem themselves null.