The 14th Amendment wrote the Declaration of Independence's promise of freedom and equality into the Constitution. Ratified after the Civil War, this amendment transformed the Constitution forever and ...

L-R: Director Ava DuVernay with Dr. Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress ousted by Donald Trump Netflix 14 th, the documentary directed by Ava DuVernay that premiered Friday night as the ...

When President Trump returned to the White House last year, he made it clear in many ways that he was determined to do whatever he wanted without regard for the law or the Constitution. One was his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Zimmytws/Dreamstime.com) The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on birthright citizenship has produced the reaction everyone ...

The movie, I'm pleased to report, exerts the same kind of historical/topical force that "13th" did. DuVernay, while she works in an extremely accessible and mainstream way, has a singular gift for ...

After the Civil War, the fight for freedom continued. Learn how the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ended slavery, defined citizenship, and expanded voting rights. Discover how these powerful changes ...

new video loaded: The ‘Constitutional Bedrock’ Trump Is Trying to Erase transcript Trump is on a mission to eliminate birthright citizenship, a right long thought to be guaranteed by the 14th ...

Can any serious legal scholar argue with a straight face that the authors of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution intended for almost anyone born on U.S. soil to automatically gain U.S. citizenship?

With the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments challenging birthright citizenship, as guaranteed in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, it pays to remember that a politician from Lancaster played ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We know where this sequence is headed – it culminates with Donald Trump swearing that oath to become the 47th president. Then it ...