The Fourtheenth Amendment has been used in divisive ways, giving the lie to its claim of “equal protection” under the law. We ...

arguing that it was clear Trump engaged in insurrection in the… The nation’s highest court has never ruled on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits those who “engaged in ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.

First introduced in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements for ratification. But its constitutionality is still an open question.

John A. Bingham, the primary author of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, did not believe that Congress had the constitutional authority to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and he therefore ...

The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Following the pattern of the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8, the ...