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arguing that the judges have misapplied the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority will have to be convinced that the 14th amendment, which guarantees ...
While many people have declared the US Constitution to be “crystal clear” on issues of governance, the truth is that much of ...
Lawyers for two different groups of states, as well as lawyers representing immigrants’ rights groups and several pregnant women, urged the Supreme Court on Friday to leave in place three orders by fe ...
A District Court judge in Maryland and a federal judge have temporarily blocked Trump's order as a violation of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which plainly states: "All persons ...
A clause in the U.S. Constitution that says that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This “equal protection clause” has been used to challenge ...
The Constitution thereby allows for the vice president to serve ... Trump's eligibility to seek the Republican presidential ...
The Constitution thereby allows for the vice ... seek the Republican presidential nomination under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment due to his actions around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S ...
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.
Under our U.S. Constitution, the due process clause, found in both the Fifth Amendment (applies to the federal government) and Fourteenth Amendment (applies to the states), protects “any person ...
A class action lawsuit filed in Baton Rouge argues two state laws concerning justices of the peace violate the 14th Amendment ...
The 14th Amendment was added to the Constitution after the Civil War. It establishes that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens, entitled to equal protection ...