Before the Seventeenth Amendment, US senators were elected by state legislatures. To end the supposed corruption of state "machines" and make the Senate more re

How U.S. senators were chosen prior to the Seventeenth Amendment—and the consequences of Constitutional reform From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not direc

Looks at the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. constitution, examining the state of the world before it was passed, how it came to be passed, and how the right to a

This volume presents the Seventeenth Amendment in historical context, allowing readers to examine how it has been tested in the courts. Essay sources include th