President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We ...
The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in ...
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...
“The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were designed to enshrine Lincoln’s promise of a new America.” The amendment’s first section begins: However, as so often is the case, this reaffirmed ...
Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution , ...
Trump signed an executive order purporting to rewrite birthright citizenship. That's not how the Constitution works.
The US Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dred Scott case, named for a slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom, has since been widely condemned. “The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn ...