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But this modern understanding of “birthright citizenship” isn’t what the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment intended — and ...
Posting the Ten Commandments in a public school does not establish a religion. It is time for the Supreme Court to reconsider ...
Effective immediately, the Trump administration can begin planning for how it would implement an end to birthright ...
As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, learn what the 14th Amendment ...
One of the earliest known instances in the U.S. of a protester brandishing a raised fist occurred in 1913, when “Big Bill” Haywood spoke to strikers during the Paterson silk strike in New Jersey.
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago on June 26, 2015, legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S.
The Obergefell v. Hodges ruling held that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right, legalizing it nationwide over a decade ...
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago this month, on June 26, 2015, legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S.
The Supreme Court will review a First Amendment appeal from a New Jersey faith-based nonprofit fighting a state subpoena over alleged consumer fraud violations.
Wong Kim Ark was not the only Chinese American San Franciscan — or even the first — to shape a fundamental part of the 14th Amendment. The San Francisco cook’s late 19th-century struggle ...
Wong Kim Ark was not the only — nor even the first — Chinese American San Franciscan who shaped a fundamental part of the 14th Amendment. The San Francisco cook’s late 19th-century struggle ...
The Supreme Court held for the first time in 1897 that the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause made certain restrictions in the Bill of Rights binding on state and local governments. Then, in a ...