In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and ...

Left with no choice, the states ratified the amendments and were restored to statehood. Finally, on March 30, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment became part of the Constitution.

Equality and The Fourteenth Amendment: A New Constitution In the wake of the Civil War, three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution.

In a landmark verdict, the High Court yesterday scrapped a part of the 15th amendment to the constitution that abolished the non-partisan caretaker government system.

This constitutional amendment revolutionized voting in U.S. and preceded women's suffrage After the Civil War and with the advent of the 15th Amendment, Republicans and African American men mobilized.

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by ...

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the Preamble through the 27th Amendment. There are multiple passages he has ...

Hungarian lawmakers on Monday are set to approve the country's 15th constitutional amendment in as many years, the latest step to strengthen the "illiberal" brand of democracy championed by ...

The president’s executive order would purportedly end a fundamental right enshrined in the Constitution. But that's not how this works.

US President Joe Biden opined Friday without legal effect that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which ensures equal rights on the basis of sex, has been added to the Constitution as the 28th ...

Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifteenth Amendment ...

Her expert witness, Selinda Guerrero with Millions for Prisoners New Mexico, said HJR 10 would fulfill the promise of the 15th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the denial of the ...