On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

For decades, the Second Amendment lived in a weird place — loudly debated, heavily regulated, and rarely treated like other ...

City Council expected to sign off on a pact over allegations police, officials violated the constitutional rights of ...

The right to a civil jury trial is far more deeply rooted in American history and tradition than is the right to own guns, which the Supreme Court was right to incorporate. This coming Thursday, June ...

During his final days in office, President Joe Biden has been getting some things checked off his to-do list. This week he has moved to take Cuba off the state ...

MICHIGAN – A broad, bipartisan coalition of organizations, businesses, lawmakers, grassroots activists, members of the LGBT community and concerned residents from across the state have joined together ...

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression educated roughly a dozen students and faculty about their First Amendment rights and civil discourse on college campuses at a Thursday event. FIRE ...

A deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment expired in 1982, but some states ratified it afterward. Some scholars argue the deadline is unconstitutional. Other legal experts said the ...

The Jacksonville City Council voted to give $6 million to the University of North Florida for renovations to Hodges Stadium and to add adjacent facilities. Read full article: ‘We’re demanding answers’ ...

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...

The amendment has been in the works since 1920 and passed a milestone in 2020. A century-long battle to amend the Constitution to cement equal rights for Americans regardless of sex is coming to a ...

What President Donald Trump’s latest memorandum targeting civil society does, does not, and cannot do. Nonprofits, their donors, and activists striving for a more equal, just, and fair country and ...