The 14th Amendment was necessary to make clear that Black people, as well as anyone born in the country or naturalized, were American citizens. The Trump administration has made loud and clear its ...

Anti-Trump challengers have succeeded at using the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado and Maine, though those ...

The former president wrote off the 14th Amendment efforts on two radio shows Thursday, saying the real insurrectionists are those who "rigged the election" in 2020.

A number of commentators have suggested that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment would allow the House and Senate to bar Trump from future office by a simple majority vote. This possibility gained ...

Legal experts argue that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment allows the Treasury Department to keep borrowing money past the debt limit and that it would be unconstitutional for the U.S. to fail to ...

If Donald Trump wants to be on the ballot next year in all 50 states, he might first have to win an unprecedented courtroom battle over the “insurrection clause” of the 14th Amendment.

The 14th Amendment has become a “vehicle through which Americans of all backgrounds can claim greater rights”—including abortion choice, gender equality and gay marriage.