To rejoin the Union, Georgia had little choice but to follow the requirements of Reconstruction, even if it did so ...

The 14th Amendment wrote the Declaration of Independence's promise of freedom and equality into the Constitution. Ratified after the Civil War, this amendment transformed the Constitution forever and ...

Premiering at the New York Film Festival, the filmmaker's follow-up to her '13th' tackles birthright citizenship, the Equal Protection Clause and the undoing of the gains of Reconstruction.

The day before the U.S. Supreme Court was to hear oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, one of the most important decisions in the country’s history, Georgetown Law Professor Randy Barnett became ...

At IndieWire's Art of the Doc event, the "13th" director explained why her Netflix follow-up contained much more than she initially expected.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Zimmytws/Dreamstime.com) The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on birthright citizenship has produced the reaction everyone ...

That is the phrase, stuck in the middle of the first sentence of the first section of the 14th Amendment, that President Donald Trump is seeking to redefine as part of his campaign to overturn the ...

April 1 was a landmark day in the annals of the Supreme Court. Maybe for the country. The court heard President Donald Trump’s challenge to end birthright citizenship for children of immigrants ...

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After the Civil War, the fight for freedom continued. Learn how the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments ended slavery, defined citizenship, and expanded voting rights. Discover how these powerful changes ...