In the wake of the Civil War, three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery (1865), the Fourteenth Amendment made freed slaves citizens of the ...

The amendment has been cited to address what we now consider to be modern forms of slavery, such as sex trafficking, bondage, or aggravated kidnapping. After the Civil War, the U.S. abolished ...

House Bill 370 seeks to define personhood at fertilization, potentially criminalizing abortion despite constitutional ...

The 14th Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” ...

Section One of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States ...

One abolished slavery. One allowed Black men to vote. And another, the 14th Amendment written by Ohio Congressman John Bingham, established birthright citizenship and was ratified in 1868.

The US President wants to abolish a right enshrined in the US Constitution for 157 years - and now there's almost nobody who ...

The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican ...

So, contra Trump, the text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment are clear: If a child is born on U.S. soil, and that child's parents are not diplomats, foreign ministers, or invading foreign ...

The ballot question's title and language are both meant to deceive voters into approving another state-wide abortion ban, the ...

The decision was undone by the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, and the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed that everyone born in the US was a citizen of the US and protected by its Bill of ...

One abolished slavery. One allowed Black men to vote. And another, the 14th Amendment written by Ohio Congressman John Bingham, established birthright citizenship and was ratified in 1868.