It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our ...
The 14th Amendment, passed by Congress in June 1866 and ratified in July 1868, starts by declaring "All persons born or naturalized in the United States ... are citizens of the United States and of ...
NEW YORK (WRGB) — Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Monday are being legally challenged by civil rights unions, municipalities and now 18 states. New York Attorney General Letitia ...
Editor's note: This story was written in June of 2018. When “Amending America: The Bill of Rights” opens in Lancaster on Saturday, the traveling exhibit will find itself in a city that was home to a ...
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The 14th amendment has been cited in several lawsuits filed by conservative groups challenging the constitutionality of programs specifically for people of color. Some of these legal challenges ...
One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, the United States adopted a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizenship to people born on U.S. soil, one of the American bedrocks of equality. Now, that ...