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

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

The original Equal Rights Amendment ... according to PolicyPerspectives.org. That includes the 14th Amendment, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject ...

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 ...

Howard community members discuss the blend of law and democracy at 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy launch event.

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 ...

They look to the “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” language of the 14th Amendment to ascertain the “original meaning of the term.” But the original meaning of “subject to the ...