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14th Amendment: American citizenship meant for former slaves, not ‘gate crashers’ – Trump
United States President Donald Trump has suggested that the 14th Amendment right to American citizenship never had anything ...
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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Could Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship find fertile ground at the Supreme Court?
Lower courts are following practice and custom, but conservative activists have spent years honing arguments aimed at the ...
In Chicago, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson touts the primacy of the Constitution: 'No one is above the law'
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, making clear she was speaking in general terms, raised questions about President Donald ...
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks on the Constitution at South Side church: 'No one is above the law'
The U.S. Supreme Court justice, making clear she was speaking in general terms, raised questions about President Donald Trump ...
Two Injunctions Against Trump's Citizenship Decree Expose the Weakness of His Arguments
Federal judges in Washington and Maryland say the president's attack on birthright citizenship flouts the 14th Amendment and ...
With the dismantling of USAID, is the Trump administration defying the Constitution?
A constitutional law professor and a former USAID administrator are raising questions about President Trump's actions around USAID and what it could mean about the role of Congress in Washington.
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President Trump doesn’t have the right to end birthright citizenship
His executive order goes beyond his presidential power, given the 14th Amendment. On the first day of his second term as ...
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Views from the nation’s press
No matter how many deportations the government orders or how many walls it builds, migrants will still be inexorably drawn to ...
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A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
At the time, states were weighing whether to ratify the 14th Amendment, and the combined horrors of the back-to-back race massacres underscored the need for constitutional protections to ensure ...