To rejoin the Union, Georgia had little choice but to follow the requirements of Reconstruction, even if it did so reluctantly. So, in December 1865, Georgia ratified the 13th Amendment, helping reach ...

Simply put, the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship ban was both legally and historically wrong, as well as a misguided interpretation of the ...

That is the phrase, stuck in the middle of the first sentence of the first section of the 14th Amendment, that President Donald Trump is seeking to redefine as part of his campaign to overturn the ...

The ruling on the Supreme Court’s biggest case of the term is in. The court found in Trump v. Barbara that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants born in the ...

When Ava DuVernay approached Netflix about making a follow-up to "13th," her acclaimed documentary about the legacy of the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery, she thought it was a fairly ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th Amendment acted as a correction to questions created by the 1857 Dred Scott ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said "birthright tourism" has "devalued" the 14th Amendment after President Trump called on ...

At moments of political anxiety, Americans challenge first principles. Few are more foundational or more misunderstood than birthright citizenship. The text of the 14th Amendment is plain: “All ...

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 ...