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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in May on Trump's bid to enforce his executive order to restrict automatic ...
The order seeks to reinterpret the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, which traditionally grants citizenship to nearly all individuals born on U.S. soil, regardless of race, color, ancestry or ...
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.
A class action lawsuit filed in Baton Rouge argues two state laws concerning justices of the peace violate the 14th Amendment.
A clause in the U.S. Constitution that says that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This “equal protection clause” has been used to challenge ...
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 ...
If original intent means anything when understanding the Constitution, it pays to listen to what the folks in the Senate said when debating the 14th Amendment and its clause establishing ...
The 14th Amendment addressed the fallout of the Civil ... and other conservatives have twisted the equal protection clause into a nonsensical position that such a thing as anti-white racism ...
The Fourteenth Amendment “equal protection” clause is once again in the spotlight, this time harnessed by activists arguing that state legislation banning diversity, equity, and inclusion in public ...
The Equal Protection Clause is a section of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution that provides that "no state shall...deny to any citizen within its jurisdiction the equal ...
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments about Donald Trump's executive order limiting automatic birthright ...