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

During his first term, Donald Trump was largely an ineffectual president. He didn’t build the wall, he didn’t “lock her up,” ...

South Carolina is one of 18 states that joined a Supreme Court brief supporting an executive order to end birthright ...

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 ...

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.

These states attorney generals’ argument is that birthright citizenship is a right granted to anyone born on American soil, by the 14th Amendment. But does it? The 14th Amendment to the U.S ...

The Fourteenth Amendment framers were responding to southern ... In its report, they explained that a “deep-seated prejudice against color . . . leads to acts of cruelty, oppression, and murder ...

When Congress and the states ratified the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 ... Constitution presumptively protects that conduct,” he explained. “The government must then justify its regulation ...

By Jordan Rubin “Can you explain what SCOTUS can do about birthright citizenship when it’s in the Constitution? How are they able to overturn the 14th Amendment?” — Peggy Giegucz ...

“That was not the intention of the framers of the 14th Amendment,” he added. Wilson also noted that he believes the nation’s highest court could rule in their favor.