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 ...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published in 2018 and has been updated. It may not be as oft-quoted as the First ...

My previous letter showed the Roe v. Wade case set the abortion privilege on bedrock in that the 14th Amendment determines "all persons born" were citizens of Congress recognized in law, the unborn ...

President-elect Donald Trump again expressed his desire to end birthright citizenship through executive action in his first network news interview since winning the election. "The 14th Amendment ...

Greetings everyone, I remember speaking at Northwestern University some years ago on the Iranian Nuclear Agreement for the Young America's Foundation. After the presentation, the floor was opened up ...

Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment prohibits anyone who engaged in insurrection against the U.S. from holding federal or state office. The U.S. Supreme Court in March ruled that the ...

Mayor Pro Tem Sonia Carter’s lawsuit invoked a Civil War-era amendment that her legal counsel argued was created to protect ...

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 ...