But this modern understanding of “birthright citizenship” isn’t what the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment intended — and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But the 14th Amendment never envisioned this reality. Section 1, with its promise of civil equality, was written to obliterate laws that applied disproportionately to one race.

In Netflix’s stirring “Amend,” stars anguish over the injustices that led to the 14th Amendment Will Smith and Larry Wilmore executive produce this worthwhile look at the constitution's most ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., reintroduced legislation Friday proposing a constitutional amendment allowing federal lawmakers to pass legislation preventing the burning or ...

PBPA President Ben Shepperd says $2.5 billion was allocated for the Texas Water Fund by Lubbock Sen. Charles Perry’s SB 7 while House Natural Resources Chairman Cody Harris of Palestine ...