In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled the right to marry is fundamental, calling it “inherent in the liberty of the ...

Ten years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the U.S., the Obergefell v. Hodges decision ...

Therefore, state and local governments were free to enact whatever gun control regulations they chose, without any Second Amendment restrictions. The United States adopted the Fourteenth Amendment in ...

Just a few months earlier, Congress had passed the 14th Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification. In the second section of the amendment, the antislavery Republicans sought to ...

From angry cats to women in white dresses, here’s your guide to some of the most potent symbols of the women ... (Here's what the 19th Amendment did—and didn’t—do for women in 1920.) ...

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 ...

At the time of the 14th Amendment in the late 1860s, Native American tribal citizens were understood to be an exception to the general rule of birthright citizenship. Their historical exclusion ...

The directive is part of his hardline approach toward immigration. The Constitution's 14th Amendment citizenship clause states that all "persons born or naturalized in the United States ...

Another nationwide protest against President Donald Trump is coming up. This time, it will take place on his birthday. The “No Kings” rallies are planned for June 14 and will focus on Trump, his ...