As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, learn what the 14th Amendment ...

The Fourteenth Amendment, critical in the fight for civil liberties, was certified as part of the Constitution on July 28, 1868. It encoded citizenship and due process for former slaves.

One option is to declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional. Section 4 of the 14th Amendment says the “validity” of America’s “public debt…shall not be questioned”.

The 14th Amendment was passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified by the states ... "From the very date of its ratification by a sufficient number of states it begins to have all the effect that its ...

The Supreme Court would likely have to rule on two key questions before the ‘insurrection clause’ could be invoked.

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, following the Civil War, and its Section 3 essentially disqualifies from office anyone who engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" against the U.S.

To date, besides Florida in 1868, ... The 14th Amendment continues to protect American democracy more than 150 years after its ratification.

1791, not 1868, is the key date for determining the original understanding of the Second Amendment. Latest; Magazine . ... When proposing the Fourteenth Amendment to Congress in 1866, ...

Ronald Allen, a Northwestern Law School Professor, joins Karen Conti to discuss two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that were ...