Following the Civil War and between 1865 and 1870, Congress passed Reconstruction Amendments (13, 14 and 15) to establish a new order or reconstruct laws to provide for equal freedoms and rights for ...

When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did indeed dramatically transform it with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th ...

On his first day in office, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order attacking birthright citizenship, the constitutional right giving automatic citizenship to any person born in the states ...

It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2018 and has been updated. It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to ...