Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

The First Amendment prohibits an elected official from hiring those who support or affiliate with him and terminating employees who do not. The legal necessity of showing that political firings ...

Afterward, the 14th Amendment gave those former slaves their citizenship, through birthright. And finally, the 15th Amendment gave ... if endorsing or opposing a political candidate or ballot ...

The Appellate Division on May 10, 2011 delivered a judgment scrapping the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. After the judgment, the Jatiya Sangsad on June 30, 2011 passed the 15th amendment ...

In 1980, the Supreme Court reaffirmed this rule in Branti v. Finkel, holding that public employers cannot condition employment on political affiliation because, “[i]f the First Amendment protects a ...

“The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were designed to enshrine Lincoln’s promise of a new America.” The amendment’s first ... scholars of all political backgrounds.

1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting Black American men the right to vote, was ratified. 1913, the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for a federal income ...

President Biden asserted the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, is part of the Constitution, arguing Friday it had met the criteria to be added as ...

The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open the new Congress. The legislation in its current form would mandate ...

News decision to print Thursday’s “Resist” cartoon is both irresponsible and dangerous. It not only minimizes what Musk and Trump are doing but presents the Democrats as only protecting the tremendous ...