A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...
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What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
The amendment’s first section begins: However, as so often is the case, this reaffirmed American ideal fell short of reality. Rosen notes that issues of civil rights and equal treatment ...
Iowa's unique civil rights history must be taught, not suppressed | Opinion
The state forged several firsts in racial equality and equal justice, but state laws now target all things diverse, writes ...
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America, by Garrett Epps
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...
Hundreds weigh in on proposed CT constitution amendment. What it would do and why it’s a fight.
The amendment would not expand rights beyond those currently awarded in the state’s General Statutes, rather it would enshrine them in the constitution.
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Man shot during arrest files federal civil rights case against state agents
Two Wisconsin Department of Justice agents who fired their weapons during a February 2022 arrest are being sued in federal ...
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Overturn Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Two civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service ...
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Lawmakers propose constitutional amendments for gun rights, property tax ban, right to refuse medical treatment
The amendment has the same sentiment of the ill-fated Equal Rights Amendment ... of the state constitution to allow cities to impose a civil penalty larger than $50 for a “violation of a ...