In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...

Reading and studying the Constitution are time well spent. Let us all learn more about our Founding Fathers and their ...

It is patently clear now (if it weren’t all the way back to the dueling historical narratives in Heller) that this is an ...

After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment ...

Watch experts explain the Reconstruction Amendments (Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment), created to establish equality for black Americans.

13th Amendment is least cited of Reconstruction revisions, but its impact is powerful After the Civil War, to produce a firewall against slavery or the potentiality of slavery, the Thirteenth ...

The three amendments of the Reconstruction era radically transformed American life and the role of the federal government. The final section of each amendment grants Congress the power to enforce ...

The term “Reconstruction Amendments” refers to those amendments ratified shortly after the Civil War in order to reimagine and redefine citizenship and civil rights for Black Americans.

The Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission will host its annual Juneteenth Symposium on June 13, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. This year’s theme is “The Reconstruction Amendments ...

To be readmitted to the Union, the defeated Confederate states were required to affirm the Constitution's so-called Reconstruction amendments -- the 13th, 14th, and 15th -- which abolished slavery ...

Opinion: 13th Amendment has been cited to address what we consider modern forms of slavery, i.e., sex trafficking, bondage or aggravated kidnapping.