To all intents and purposes, President Rajapaksa has apparently utilised Article 41C(2) of the 17th Amendment for this purpose. This constitutional article, in actual fact, applies in the converse to ...

The United States Constitution states that the House and Senate “may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its ...

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913 ...

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State ...

In the meantime, the state's legislature can authorize the governor to make a temporary appointment until the special ...

Passed by Congress May 13, 1912. Ratified April 8, 1913. Note: Article I, section 3, of the Constitution was modified by the 17th amendment. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two ...

That the inordinate delay in appointing members to the Independent Commissions under the 17th Amendment to the Constitution resulted in a feeling of anti-climax when the appointments were, in fact, ...

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record that had stood since 1935. In 1820, the ...