Download or read book Amendment XVII: Establishing Election to the U.S. Senate written by Jeff Hay and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the Seventeenth Amendment in historical context, allowing readers to examine how it has been tested in the courts. Essay sources include the New York Times, David Graham Phillips, John Dean, Zell Miller, and the Constitutional Accountability Center. Readers will be intrigued by current debate and controversies about this amendment as well.