Is the United States Senate What Our Founders Envisioned? With the shutdown ball squarely in the Senate’s court, a fair question feels timelier than ever: Is the United States Senate what our Founders ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS -- Urban myths -- alligators in the New York sewers, Elvis sightings, UFOs -- can be amusing, but a vote is too important to waste on an urban myth. It is an urban myth that Mel Carnahan is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Seventeenth Amendment, ...

The next frontier in the Republican assault on democracy involves a scheme to repeal the 17th Amendment and let Republican-controlled legislatures name senators. New Hampshire Republican US Senate ...

With pressure mounting on Sen. Dianne Feinstein to resign before the end of her term, it’s important to understand what the Constitution requires if or when that happens. The short answer: an election ...