"The purpose of the 14th Amendment had nothing to do with the ... legal clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, and author of multiple books about the Constitution.

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In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision by granting citizenship to all those born in the United States, regardless of color.

The 14th Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution 150 years ago in July of 1868. Among other things, it enshrined our traditional common law practice of granting citizenship to those born in ...

It was about removing vestiges of slavery, not regulating aliens. Shortly after the Constitution went into effect, the first Congress enacted a naturalization law. Lawmakers superseded this ...

Voting rights for women, immigrants, Blacks, Native Americans and soldiers went through many changes beginning in the late 1800s, up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Dr. Rachel ...

As the Supreme Court gathers arguments against President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, South Carolina has picked a side. Attorney General Alan Wilson of South […] ...