"In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter," says civil rights attorney Damon ...

Federal judge in New Hampshire stayed the order for seven days to allow the Department of Justice to appeal. He called ...

After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting citizenship and “equal protection under the ...

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President Donald Trump said his administration would proceed with his executive order denying citizenship to children of immigrants who are not permanent residents or citizens after the Supreme Court ...

The Supreme Court recently allowed Donald Trump to edge closer to ending Birthright Citizenship as outlined in the Fourteenth ...

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Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis/Getty The 14th Amendment had scarcely passed to the states for ratification in June 1866 when Congress realized its insufficiency.

And another, the 14th Amendment written by Ohio Congressman John Bingham, established birthright citizenship and was ratified in 1868. But Bingham was nowhere near the first to pitch the idea.

The 14th Amendment was born from Black activism Following the Civil War, Congress passed three Constitutional amendments designed to promote racial justice. One abolished slavery.