“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says.

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says.

READ MORE: Scott v. Sandford "The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright," Rosen says.

READ MORE: Scott v. Sandford "The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright," Rosen says.

The 14th Amendment also does not define what it means to “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” And it provides no definitive process for how to decide whether someone did.

The 14th Amendment also does not define what it means to “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” And it provides no definitive process for how to decide whether someone did.

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says.

The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in 1868. That places it at an important historical crossroads, when ...