Why it matters: The 22nd Amendment bars presidents from being elected to a third term. Amending the Constitution is an ...

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing held on February 25, 2025, witness Amanda Frost pointed out the 'crystal clear' ...

In a somewhat surprising move, the United States Supreme Court will address the issue of Birthright Citizenship.  Since the ...

President Trump has repeatedly voiced concern over “birth tourism,” wherein foreign nationals travel to the U.S. to give ...

14th Amendment thoughts … Section 1 defines citizen as born or naturalized. Section 4, while written following the Civil War to protect both men and women who had formerly been slaves and the ...

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 Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid to overturn New York state’s gun laws, which Albany imposed after the high court nixed century-old restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in 2022.

14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy poster. (Photo courtesy of Sherilynn Ifill) Howard University School of Law officially launched its 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy with an opening ...

Harvard, which found that race-based college admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. “Federal financial assistance is a privilege, not a right ...

Instead, the issue is whether the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause prohibits banning such treatments. You, faithful reader of this column, understand the difference. You read about ...

A federal district court ruled Monday that the Alabama attorney general can't prosecute people in Alabama for going to another state, or assisting others in going to another state, to obtain an ...

Lash's status as one of the leading Fourteenth Amendment scholars in the country compels careful attention to his arguments. What follows will be overwhelmingly critical. But I want to begin by ...