Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...

A federal appeals court has denied the Trump administration's request to pause a district court ruling that blocked the ...

United States President Donald Trump has suggested that the 14th Amendment right to American citizenship never had anything ...

Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...

The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in cases involving workdays, schools, train cars and birth control.

• The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s emergency request to enforce an executive order limiting birthright citizenship. • Trump’s order, issued on his second day back ...

At this polarized moment when partisan voters distrust news sources, Virginians, most especially those who support Donald ...

In a lawsuit filed on Thursday by Lambda Legal, a civil rights organization focused on LGBTQ+ policies, the nonprofit groups ...

Last week, an adult-use cannabis processor and retailer filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of a new Oregon law that now requires entry ...

On Thursday, a fourth federal judge blocked the executive order issued by the president on his first day in the Oval Office.

Richard Epstein replies to William Galston—part two.

I write to add additional commentary to Oliver Niehaus’ column (“Case Against Birthright Citizenship is Stronger Than You Think,” The Oberlin Review, Feb. 14, 2025). I don’t doubt for a second that a ...