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 ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 The Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N locked horns on Wednesday over the repeal of the 17th and 8th Amendments to the Constitution. A meeting of the 26-member ...

The Supreme Court on Friday released its detailed judgement on the constitutional petitions challenging 17th Amendment, and holding of dual offices, simultaneously, by President General Pervez ...

You've already heard about most of the important issues in Missouri's U.S. Senate race, from taxes and budgets to Social Security and Medicare. Now comes the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. U ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...

The 17th amendment changed the structure of the 1973 constitution since it was an agreement to share power. This was observed by head of the 11-member Supreme Court bench Justice Javed Iqbal during ...

One Man’s ‘Warmth of Collectivism’ Is Another’s Inferno Jim Jarmusch Deconstructs Himself California, and the Worst Wealth Tax in the World The now 110-year-old alteration to the Constitution ...

Much has changed since the creation of the Electoral College. The great thing about America is everyone is entitled to their opinion. Some believe the United States is a democracy and the electoral ...

In an "As I See It" published on Nov. 15, Paul F. deLespinasse proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to help "rebalance the power of the states and the federal government" by taking out of ...

I recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal regarding the 17th Amendment, and then began reading "Lies the Government Told You" by Andrew Napolitano. Napolitano writes: "The 17th Amendment ...

The Aug. 5 letter “GOP attempts to hold power” contends that it would be a violation of the Constitution, specifically the 17th amendment, for the Kentucky Legislature to require the Democratic ...