“The Fourteenth Amendment has been ... scope of civic life that wasn’t considered during its ratification in 1868. Chief Justice Earl Warren was unequivocal in his rebuke of such laws in ...

Many of the federal Supreme Court’s worst rulings are justified by the 14th Amendment – everything from anchor ...

Trump's executive order deviates entirely from the historical meaning of the 14th amendment. This amendment, a product of the post-Civil War constitutional revolution, guaranteed that every person ...

The intent of that clause in the 14th Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, was granting citizenship to freed slaves, annulling the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1858 Dred Scott decision, which ruled ...

Americans are largely split on which groups of children they think should automatically become citizens, according to a new ...

The 14th Amendment, which states adopted in 1868, says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and ...

Since President Donald Trump took office, Colorado has joined several legal actions challenging executive orders and other ...

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified after the Civil War in 1868. It was about ending slavery and punishing the southern rebellion. Section 1 granted citizenship and all ...

At the heart of the lawsuits in the three cases is the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868 after the Civil War and the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, which held that Scott ...