The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in ...

On May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that denied Plessy's challenge to the law. "The object of the Fourteenth Amendment was ... Court decided in Brown v. Board of Education that ...

In 1896, after years of trials appeals, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was fair, and was not a violation of the Fourteenth ... After the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision ...

Trump wants a Constitution that, among other things, allows him to refuse to spend congressional appropriations and as we’ve ...

Update: On January 23, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship, calling the effort “blatantly unconstitutional.” ...

The ruling in Plessy v Ferguson was the start of the ‘separate-but-equal’ principle. This led to more segregation on transportation, in entertainment venues, in factories and at other places ...

The Brown decision effectively overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which declared ... equal protection of the laws ...