The Fourtheenth Amendment has been used in divisive ways, giving the lie to its claim of “equal protection” under the law. We ...

A law professor believes that there may be room for conservative judges to end birthright citizenship for the children of ...

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

The amendment has five sections, but we will only be dealing with the first, which contains the Citizenship Clause and three ...

Does the Civil War-era insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment disqualify Donald Trump from holding higher office? The court will hear a… It's the first time the nation's highest court will ...

Professor Jonathan Adler recently posted about a Washington Post opinion article by Robert George and Josh Craddock, which argued that Congress should legislate to enforce the equal protection ...

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. Like the ...

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 Supreme Court is currently considering whether racial-preference admissions programs at the University of North Carolina violate the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment. Students for ...

The language of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, by contrast, can be read to distinguish between citizenship rights protected by the Privileges or Immunities Clause and personhood rights ...