The 14th Amendment’s future is sure to feature prominently in Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. If confirmed this fall, he will join the court in time to decide one of the biggest 14th Amendment ...

The nation’s highest court has never ruled on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. Continue reading. Jan 09 ...

Wong Kim Ark was not the only Chinese American San Franciscan — or even the first — to shape a fundamental part of the 14th Amendment. The San Francisco cook’s late 19th-century struggle ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for what he calls “gate crashers.” Trump argued that the 14th Amendment’s citizenship ...

But the 14th Amendment never envisioned this reality. Section 1, with its promise of civil equality, was written to obliterate laws that applied disproportionately to one race.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes new filings to the Supreme Court as it prepares to hear oral arguments in Donald Trump’s challenge of a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court that found he ...

Hi Brian, It’s true that the 14th Amendment repudiated the infamous Dred Scott ruling, which had denied citizenship to people of African descent.But it doesn’t follow from that premise to say ...

As the 10-year anniversary of the historic Obergefell v. Hodges decision approaches, blissful euphoria has been replaced with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump ...

Section 5 of the 14th Amendment provides that “Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” In other words, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah met Bollywood actor Aamir Khan at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday. The two ...