Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Critics and supporters of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship often focus on the order’s ...

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy. Howard University - the historically Black ...

Birthright on the Brink? 14th Amendment Faces Test in Trump Policy Shift This week on Legal Speak, we preview a Supreme Court Brief discussion highlighting conflicts between the Fourteenth Amendment's ...