The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in ...

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution, reports ...

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s ...

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 ...

Nevertheless, it captivated conservatives who appreciated its argument that Congress did not address the issue of children of unauthorized migrants when it wrote the 14th Amendment in the 1860s ...