In 1868, three years after slavery was abolished, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted, granting equal ...

Nearly a decade after 13th sparked conversations about mass incarceration and the legacy of the 13th Amendment, Ava DuVernay ...

The Ava DuVernay “14th” documentary examines the amendment that established citizenship and equal protection after the Civil War. Ava DuVernay ...

WASHINGTON (WHSV) - Almost 160 years ago on July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The amendment was proposed in the wake of the Civil War as a way to, among other ...

Activists will gather July 9 at the Supreme Court to celebrate the 14th Amendment and defend civil rights protections.

The Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling reaffirmed why the Fourteenth Amendment was written in the first place.

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...

The conservative justices see 'originalism' as a guiding principle to prevent judges from changing the Constitution to adjust ...

The National Archives Foundation and More Perfect announced today that the nationwide final vote was between the 13th and 14th amendments—in this first-of-its-kind competition among 100 historical ...

Birthright citizenship narrowly prevailed at the Supreme Court. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's opinion reads as a warning ...

The overall Trump effort – as radical as it was – made surprising headway in both the court and public spheres.