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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The proposed Amendment was said to be ratified, but Article V, which allows for Amendments, declares “no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate”. And the Constitution clearly distinguishes between a constituent state and the people within the jurisdiction of a that state. The supposed Seventh Amendment would take all suffrage in the Senate from every state (transferring it to their respective citizens). Ratification of that Amendment would require unanimous consent, which was not given.
1 reply on “17th Amendment”
The proposed Amendment was said to be ratified, but Article V, which allows for Amendments, declares “no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate”. And the Constitution clearly distinguishes between a constituent state and the people within the jurisdiction of a that state. The supposed Seventh Amendment would take all suffrage in the Senate from every state (transferring it to their respective citizens). Ratification of that Amendment would require unanimous consent, which was not given.