His executive order goes beyond his presidential power, given the 14th Amendment. On the first day of his second term as ...

In a few ways, Iowa has been more progressive than the rest of the country when it comes to providing equity to Black ...

Sandford, better known as the Dred Scott decision. This 1857 decision, written for the majority of the court by Taney (who pronounced his name as “tawny”) remains a stain on American ...

At the heart of the lawsuits is the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868 after the Civil War and the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision that determined Scott, a slave, wasn’t a ...

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s proposal betrays that history. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington ...

In the executive order attacking the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, Trump is making the same arguments that the framers of the 14th Amendment heard and explicitly rejected more ...

A federal judge on Wednesday is set to hear arguments over temporarily pausing President Donald Trump's executive order ...

This decision was controversial even at the time it was issued, and a decade later in 1868 during the wake of the Civil War, Congress repudiated the Dred Scott ruling by ratifying the 14th ...