but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our closest-held notions of American freedom and equality. For one, it clearly states that ...

without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. The Sixteenth Amendment, approved by Congress in 1909 and ratified in 1913, made it possible for ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the ...

In the body of the Constitution at Article ... shall be uniform throughout the United States….” Congress used the power of ...

A federal judge Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship —the policy ...

People often don’t realize the revolutionary nature of the 13th Amendment, and conservatives in particular downplay its revolutionary nature. American historians have for a long time treated the ...

President Trump considers the rule of law “but an impediment to his policy goals,” the judge said, blasting the executive ...

On Feb. 3, 1959, which would become known as “the day the music died,” rock-and-roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and ...

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joined Attorneys General from 17 other states ... born in the United States. The AGs are seeking to invalidate the order and enjoin any efforts to implement it. The ...