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In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...
Federal judge in New Hampshire stayed the order for seven days to allow the Department of Justice to appeal. He called ...
Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship despite constitutional protections. Expert analysis reveals why ...
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 ...
This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the ...
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July 9, 14th Amendment ratified
On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and “equal protection under the ...
In a June 27 ruling, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to partially halt nationwide injunctions ...
If you are not alarmed by the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday in Trump v. CASA, Inc., you should be. The ruling disarms ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina became the 28th state to ratify the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which, in part, made freed people United States citizens for the first time. When South ...
A rising wave of racist violence in the South prompted President Ulysses S. Grant to legal and military action against the Ku ...
The Constitution unambiguously and unequivocally establishes birthright citizenship. Those who do not wish the children of ...
Every word matters in critical legal documents, and no language is more pored over and parsed for meaning than that used in our U.S. Constitution.