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

The 14th Amendment states the validity of the debt "shall not be questioned" — but invoking it might not protect the U.S. from economic consequences.

In 1867, more than 3,000 people died of cholera in the Crescent City, as putrefied offal infected its drinking water. It was ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us ...

Officials in both Colorado and Maine have ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible for their ballots because he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — by engaging in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

In 1919, Congress used the 14th Amendment to bar Victor Berger, a socialist from Wisconsin and an elected official, from joining the House because he actively opposed the US entering World War I.

The 14th Amendment was passed by Congress in 1866 and ratified by the states in 1868. Enacted after the Civil War, the disqualification clause aimed to keep former Confederate civil and military ...

Some legal scholars say a clause in the 14th Amendment could mean the president can bypass Congress and clear the way for more debt to be issued. Others are dubious.

Democrats are urging President Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment. But he sees a problem. Last Updated: May 18, 2023 at 11:37 a.m. ET First Published: May 9, 2023 at 1:40 p.m. ET ...

The truth is that the Treasury has more than ample revenue coming in each month to avoid defaulting on the debt, and Mr. Biden doesn’t need to distort the meaning of the 14th Amendment to do it.

14th Amendment, Section 3 and Trump's 2024 presidential run. Colorado's lawsuit was one of several across the country that invoked Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to say that Trump is disqualified ...