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fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 days ago

PREMIUM The Supreme Court may soon diminish Black political power, undoing generations of gains

There would be considerable historical irony if the court decides to use the 14th Amendment to provide the legal cover for reversing a generation of Black political progress in the South. Initially designed to enshrine federal civil rights protections for freed people facing a battery of discriminatory " Black Codes" in the postbellum South, the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause has been the foundation of the nation's modern rights-based legal order, ensuring that all U.S. citizens are treated fairly.
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fromEmptywheel
1 week ago

The Unstated Constitutional Problems With Obama "Using the 14th"

The Founders, in creating and nurturing our system of governance by and through the Constitution provided separate and distinct branches of government, the Legislative, Executive and Judicial and, further, provided for intentional, established and delineated checks and balances so that power was balanced and not able to be usurped by any one branch tyrannically against the interest of the citizenry.
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fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago

Former Oakland Cops Appeal 'Ghost Chase' Liability Case to Supreme Court

Two Oakland officers seek Supreme Court review to avoid 14th Amendment liability after an unauthorized high-speed pursuit killed an innocent bystander.
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fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Poll: Most Americans favor birthright citizenship, not Trump's immigration plan

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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

The Supreme Court will rule on whether President Trump's order denies birthright citizenship to children born to undocumented or temporary residents, challenging the 14th Amendment.
US politics
fromABC7 Chicago
4 months ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to uphold an order denying birthright citizenship to children born to parents in the United States illegally.
fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Poll: Most Americans favor birthright citizenship, not Trump's immigration plan

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fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

The Supreme Court will decide whether an executive order strips birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents present illegally or temporarily.
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fromABC30 Fresno
4 months ago

Republican candidate for California governor Steve Hilton asks for injunction to block Prop 50

Steve Hilton filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction to block Proposition 50, alleging it violates the 14th Amendment and dilutes voters' equal protection.
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fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago

Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship (again) instead of addressing Epstein

Donald Trump threatened to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship again, despite constitutional protections and prior legal setbacks.
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fromwww.npr.org
6 months ago

Trump calls for U.S. census to exclude for the first time people with no legal status

Trump has instructed his administration to start work on a "new" census, calling for an unprecedented exclusion of millions of people living in the U.S. without legal status.
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fromwww.dw.com
6 months ago

Can Trump revoke Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship? DW 07/14/2025

Revoking the citizenship of a native-born US citizen is unconstitutional and not within presidential authority.
fromSlate Magazine
7 months ago

A Brief History Lesson on Birthright Citizenship for the Supreme Court's Originalists

The order denying citizenship to children of immigrants is based on inaccurate interpretations of the 14th Amendment and immigration history in the U.S. Challenges to that order are ongoing.
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