The Amendments & YOU! 16th & 17th Amendments (w/ Dr. Gordon Lloyd)

Beginning our discussion of the "Progressive Era" Amendments with how the 16th Amendment allowed a federal income tax, and the 17th Amendment changed the way U.S. Senators are selected for office to direct election. Continuing our "The Amendments and YOU!" series, Janine Turner, Cathy Gillespie, and student ambassadors Tova Love Kaplan and Dakare Chatman interview Dr. Gordon Lloyd on how these two amendments drastically increased the power of the national government by allowing Congress to levy its own taxes and removing state legislatures from the process of selecting Senators.  Episode 54 of Constitutional Chats Podcast. Livestreamed on 01/19/2021. Sign up for our next Constitutional Chat via Zoom at https://www.constitutingamerica.org