The Senate is the real power in the U.S. government / A. Maurice Low
Senators serve powerful financial interests instead of the American people / David Graham Phillips
Advocates of the Seventeenth Amendment hoped that it would minimize corruption / Lewis L. Gould
The Seventeenth Amendment inspired passionate debate in the Senate / The New York Times
The Seventeenth Amendment was the work of a small group of congressional "progressives" / A. Bower Sageser
The Seventeenth Amendment has made the Senate less effective / George H. Haynes
The Seventeenth Amendment has inspired a wave of federalist decisions in the U.S. Supreme Court / John Dean
The Seventeenth Amendment destroyed federalism in the United States / Zell Miller
Repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment will not improve the Senate / Lewis Gould
The Seventeenth Amendment should be changed to prevent state governors from appointing senators / Russ Feingold
The Seventeenth Amendment should not be changed but should be repealed altogether / George Will
The Seventeenth Amendment is an improvement on the alternatives / Publius
The Seventeenth Amendment ensures that senators are directly elected / Constitutional Accountability Center
Politicians should not try to circumvent the intent of the Seventeenth Amendment / Michael Collins
The Seventeenth Amendment did not go far enough / Jennifer Rubin
States that appoint Senate replacements should hold special elections instead / Jerry H. Goldfeder
A respected senator plans ahead / Fredreka Schouten and Kathy Kiely.
