These efforts were relying on a provision of the Constitution, in Article II, Section 1, that states ... In the late 1860s, when the 14th Amendment was written and ratified, the same was ...

which argued that unborn children are “persons” within the meaning of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. We’re taking this opportunity to respond to both posts, beginning with Adler’s ...

“The 13th, 14th and 15th amendments were designed to enshrine Lincoln’s promise of a new America.” The amendment’s first section begins: However, as so often is the case, this reaffirmed ...

Section 8, the enforcement clause of the Fourteenth Amendment grants to Congress the power to pass legislation directed at effectuating the provisions of Sections 1 through 4 of the amendment.