During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

American law has been shaped by a long history of bias against gender nonconformity. Understanding this legal history can ...

As President Donald Trump seeks to dramatically remake civil rights in America, Connecticut advocates are looking to amend ...

Conness, a U.S. Senator from California from 1863 to 1869, was a leader in passing the 14th Amendment. And Trump’s attempt to ...

The New York Times on Wednesday published an article headlined “Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab,” criticizing ...

On January 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark opinion in Reese v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, ...

It’s a crystal clear idea: citizenship and equal protection under the law for everyone born or naturalized in the United States. Beyond that, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution ...

There’s been a lot of concern online about a series of anti-abortion bills introduced in the first few weeks of the Trump administration. Here are the facts.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into the Ithaca City School District ...

Progressives have created the fiction in which the US Constitution “is what the Supreme Court says it is.” In reality, the ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...