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Seventeenth Amendment

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A quick definition of Seventeenth Amendment:

The Seventeenth Amendment is a change to the United States Constitution that was made in 1913. Before this amendment, state lawmakers were responsible for choosing who would represent their state in the U.S. Senate. But with this amendment, the power to elect senators was given to the people who live in each state. This means that regular citizens get to vote for who they want to represent them in the Senate.

A more thorough explanation:

The Seventeenth Amendment is a change made to the United States Constitution in 1913. It gave the power to elect U.S. senators to the people of each state, instead of the state legislatures.

Before the Seventeenth Amendment, state legislatures chose their state's senators. This meant that the people of the state did not have a direct say in who represented them in the U.S. Senate. The Seventeenth Amendment changed this by allowing the people to vote for their senators in the same way they vote for their representatives in the House of Representatives.

For example, if you live in California, you can vote for your two senators in the federal government. Before the Seventeenth Amendment, the California state legislature would have chosen the senators instead of the people.

The Seventeenth Amendment was an important change to the U.S. Constitution because it gave more power to the people. It allowed them to have a direct say in who represents them in the U.S. Senate.

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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
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Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:46
Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
7:55
@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
7:56
Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
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