In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the ...

'Engaged in Insurrection': Trump, SCOTUS, and the 14th Amendment, Explained The U.S. Supreme Court may need to decide whether the Amendment, left largely unclarified since the Civil War, applies ...

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, learn what the 14th Amendment ...

Some legal experts argue that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for president due to the 14th Amendment, which states that anyone who has sworn an oath to the Constitution, and who has 'engaged in ...

An effort to use the legal system to bar former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House — on the basis that he aided an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 — is picking up speed.

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, following the Civil War, ... One is a set of technical legal arguments and factual questions that explain why his behavior might not be covered.

The 14th Amendment was not written solely to apply to the Civil War's immediate aftermath, but also to future insurrections, argues Ron Fein, the organisation's legal director.

The 14th Amendment explained. Ken Tran. USA TODAY. As brinksmanship over the debt ceiling continues and the U.S. barrels towards defaulting on its debts as early as June 1, ...

Democrats are urging President Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment. But he sees a problem. Last Updated: May 18, 2023 at 11:37 a.m. ET First Published: May 9, 2023 at 1:40 p.m. ET ...

An effort to use the legal system to bar former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House — on the basis that he aided an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 — is picking up speed.

Only one person appears to have been barred or ejected from office since Jan. 6 on the basis of the 14th Amendment — a county commissioner from New Mexico named Couy Griffin, who was booted by a ...