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Equality and The Fourteenth Amendment: A New Constitution
Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...
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What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment ... a corrective measure to a more exclusionary definition both legally as well as culturally as to what an American is.” ...
Trump's Birthright Executive Order—Experts Call It 'A Direct Violation of 14th Amendment'
Trump's executive order deviates entirely from the historical meaning of the 14th amendment. This amendment, a product of the post-Civil War constitutional revolution, guaranteed that every person ...
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Charlie Kirk: The 14th Amendment was “too broadly” and “sloppily written”
From the August 21, 2023, edition of Salem Media Group's The Charlie Kirk Show, as broadcast on Real America's Voice CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): The 14th Amendment was necessary for some things ...
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KBJ’s Jumbled Musings on the Fourteenth Amendment
In her speech, Jackson states that the Framers of the 14th Amendment adopted it “in a race conscious way,” as they were “trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against ...
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Reconstruction Amendments
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