In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...

After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment ...

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, learn what the 14th Amendment says and where the legal battle stands today.

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 ...

One of them is the 14th Amendment. Live updates: Roe v. Wade overturned; Aftermath of Supreme Court abortion decision SCOTUS decision on NY gun law: Supreme Court strikes down NY gun law, making ...

Retropolis The 14th Amendment has been about much more than birthright citizenship. Reinterpretations of the act to grant rights to those freed from slavery have involved slaughterhouses, unions ...

In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment provides people born in the U.S. citizenship at birth.

The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in 1868. That places it at an important historical crossroads, ...

The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 as part of the post ... “officer of the United States,” there is a dispute over whether it excludes presidents as a constitutional term of art. In ...