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Importance ofthe 17th Amendment

 

            ADMENDMENT SEVEVTEEN IS THE DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS IT WAS.
            
             UNITED STATES shall be composed of two senators. The electors in each state .
             Shall have the qualifications for electors. When there are vacancies in the .
             Representation in the senate, the executive authority of such state shall .
             Issue writs to fill vacancies. This amendment shall not be construed as to.
             Effect the election or term of any senator chosen before it becomes valid.
             As part of the constitution.
             The seventeenth amendment is a major victory for the populist and.
             Progressive movement, a diverse reform movement is important in history .
             Of the constitutions. It was a major achievement of the push to bring as.
             Many parts of the constitution as possible in line with the principles of.
             Democratic government. The framers of the constitution saw the senate as.
             A body of elder statesmen.
             Until 1913 senators were not directly elected by voters but elected by .
             The legislatures of their states. Senators must be 30 yrs.old. The serve six-.
             Year terms and approximately one-third are up for election every two .
             Years. Senators from small are especially important to their constituents. .
             Even the smallest state has two votes in the senate. .
             The senate has certain prerogatives that distinguish it from the.
             House of representatives. Senators sits in courts in impeachment .
             Proceedings and approves all judicial, cabinet, and other presidential .
             Appointees. Senators have a lot to do with the United States government.
             .
             The court case that I have chose to represent for the seventeenth.
             Amendment is United States v. aczel consistent with this view federal.
             Courts declared that when local party authorities acting pursuant to.
             Regulations prescribed by a party's state executive committee refused to.
             Permit an African American on account of his race, to vote in a primary to .
             Select candidates for the office of U.S. Senator they deprived him of a right .
             Secured to him by the violation of this amendment.


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