A reading of the 14th Amendment grants Congress the authority to end birthright citizenship, the Constitution Leadership Initiative’s Gary Porter writes in a guest column ...

President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” ...

The census is mandated by the US Constitution. “The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term ...

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed involuntary servitude but it also made an exception for convicts.

Abraham Lincoln’s firm resolve during his last days demonstrated his enduring commitment to the common good', A CT historian writes.

The General Assembly is on the verge of asking voters to ratify a rewrite of ... eligible to serve as judges on the state's 52 city and town courts. The amendment was crafted by state Rep.

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

Fourteen states sued Elon Musk, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and President Trump on Thursday, arguing that the tech billionaire’s sweeping efforts to cut government spending ...

The scope of President Trump’s challenge to the existing constitutional order — largely through a blitzkrieg of executive ...

Congress proposed the ERA in 1972, but it requires the amendment to be ratified by two-thirds of the states (currently 38 states). By the time the 38th state ratified the ERA, the deadline had passed, ...

What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in ...

President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order raises concerns among sovereign tribes, prompting fears about federal treaty obligations and Indigenous rights.