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Does the Civil War-era insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment disqualify Donald Trump from holding higher office? The court will hear a… It's the first time the nation's highest court will ...
The Trump executive order declares, “the 14th Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to ...
The judges deemed the order a violation of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States. The author argues that if the Supreme Court upholds Trump's order ...
Howard community members discuss the blend of law and democracy at 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy launch event.
A class action lawsuit filed in Baton Rouge argues two state laws concerning justices of the peace violate the 14th Amendment ...
Howard University - the historically Black school here - opens a center today dedicated to the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment was added to the Constitution after the Civil War. It establishes ...
Trump signed executive order to end birthright citizenship The 14th Amendment says 'all persons born in US' are citizens South Carolina AG says it's been misinterpreted The Supreme Court is ...
Civil procedure students are used to hearing about the rules for state-court personal jurisdiction under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. But the Fifth Amendment has a Due Process ...
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.
Civil rights lawyer and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill will head the project. On March 27, Howard University launched its 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy, housed within Howard University’s ...