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 ...

How has the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the 14th Amendment in the past? An 1898 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Wong Kim Ark is considered the historical standard that children born ...

The Supreme Court kept on hold President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship and will hear oral arguments ...

The Supreme Court will review cases from Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington state, hearing arguments on May 15 about ...

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 ...

In the U.S., birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. According to Reuters, the Trump administration contends that the 14th Amendment does not extend to ...

The argument for birthright citizenship hinges on the Citizenship Clause of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment: “All citizens born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...

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 ...

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 ...