17th-amendment

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23-838 Brian D. Swanson v. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied Response Waived 17th-amendment ballot-legality civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process election-law elections equal-suffrage seventeenth-amendment standing statutory-violation The Seventeenth Amendment deprives the States of their equal suffrage in the Senate, requiring their consent under Article V of the Constitution, beca…
22-229 In Re Brian D. Swanson 2022-09-12 Denied 17th-amendment administrative-law article-5 article-five 22-228" article-five-consent constitutional-interpretation constitutional-ratification equal-suffrage federal-question-jurisdiction georgia judicial-discretion patent-rights popular-elections senate-elections senate-representation seventeenth-amendment state-consent subject-matter-jurisdiction takings-claim Whether the District Court abused discretion in di 1. Does the Seventeenth Amendment deprive the State of Georgia of its equal suffrage in the Senate, requiring its consent under Article 5 of the Co…