Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is exactly like a similar provision in the Fifth Amendment, which only restricts the federal government. It states that no person shall be ...

The 14th amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868, to grant citizenship and equal protection of the law to anyone “born or naturalized in the United States,” including formerly enslaved Black ...

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In declaring his ineligibility in December for the Republican primary, the Colorado Supreme Court leant on a little-known, Civil War-era constitutional amendment. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment ...

In her speech, Jackson states that the Framers of the 14th Amendment adopted it “in a race conscious way,” as they were “trying to ensure that people who had been discriminated against ...

The intent of the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause is central to the debate over whether former President Donald Trump's name should be stricken from GOP primary ballots now that the issue ...

The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Following the pattern of the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8, the ...

A social media user asked whether former President Donald Trump is disqualified from holding elected office by the 14th Amendment’s Section 3. “OK, section 3 of the 14th Amendment clearly states that ...