Seventeenth Amendment

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an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, providing for the election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Example sentences from the Web for Seventeenth Amendment

Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
Texas Gun Slingers Police the Police—With a Black Panthers Tactic|Brandy Zadrozny|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They would not, for example, supersede federal law regarding the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment.
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Either we believe the First Amendment is worth defending or we do not.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror|David Keyes|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They then would expect the Senate to strip that amendment and compromise simply on keeping government open for 60 days.
Bachmann and Pelosi vs. Boehner and Obama Over Spending Bill|Ben Jacobs|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Why are “threats,” unlike other scary speech, outside the protection of the First Amendment?
Does Free Speech Cover Murder Fantasies? The Supreme Court’s Definition of a ‘Threat’|Geoffrey R. Stone|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Early in the Seventeenth Century tobacco found its way to Constantinople.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
(p. 177) The tobacco boxes of the Seventeenth Century were much larger than those of the present.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The mode of manufacture of snuff now is far different than that employed in the Seventeenth Century.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Consequently an amendment may be made diminishing the weekly allowance to a member who is sick, and also the time of allowing it.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
By the fourteenth amendment to the federal constitution their rights and privileges have been further secured.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

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