Ramirez, 1974) the Supreme Court held that felon disenfranchisement laws did not violate Section 2, in part because the 14th Amendment expressly countenances restricting the right to vote on the basis ...

Hi everyone. Travis Crum here. Long-time guest blogger. Newly minted contributor. Looking forward to participating in the conversation more. Thanks to Rick for having me. Last week, President Trump ...

Where, you ask? They continue: Section 2 of the 14th Amendment provides that if a state denies the franchise to anyone eligible to vote, its allotment of House seats shall be “reduced in the ...

Article I, Section 2: This provision offers evidence ... This was eliminated by the 14th Amendment, which established equal protection of the laws and due process for all. Critics of the Tea ...

arguing that it was clear Trump engaged in insurrection in the… The nation’s highest court has never ruled on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits those who “engaged in ...

It fails to recognize that the same word covers two distinctly different ideas: 1) complete, political jurisdiction; and 2) partial ... of the first section of the fourteenth amendment, than ...

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 Joint Committee members argued, debated, negotiated, and compromised, until they submitted to the House and Senate a 14th Amendment that contained five sections. Section 1 begins ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.

Howard University - the historically Black school here - opens a center today dedicated to the 14th ... Section 3, the insurrection clause. And most law students don't learn about Section 2 ...