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 ...

Trump signed executive order to end birthright citizenship The 14th Amendment says 'all persons born in US' are citizens South Carolina AG says it's been misinterpreted The Supreme Court is requesting ...

Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...

Can the president do away with birthright citizenship? One week before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump claimed that with the stroke of his pen, he could change a longstanding ...

The first section of the 14th Amendment states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States and of the state where they ...

“In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. On ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the work of ensuring their enforcement. On July 9, 1868, South Carolina became ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. More than 50 House Democrats have signed on to a plan to spike all ...

Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...