Category: 14th Amendment
Twenty-Five Civil War & Reconstruction Historians File Amicus Brief With Supreme Court on 14th Amendment Insurrection Clause
Twenty-five historians have filed a “Friend of the Court” (amicus curiae) brief with the Supreme Court giving the history of the 14th Amendment’s “Insurrection Clause”…
The 14th Amendment’s “Disqualification Clause” Was Drafted to Protect the Republic from Violent Overthrow
[25 Civil War Historians File Brief on Disqualification Clause] The 14th Amendment is among the most cited Amendments to the United States Constitution, but the…
Reconstruction Era Laws Regulating Firearms
The Supreme Court’s overturning of New York’s law regulating gun possession in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen would have attracted more…
October 17, 1871 Pres. Grant Suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Part of South Carolina
On October 17, 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant suspended Habeas Corpus in nine counties in South Carolina. Over the previous year the Ku Klux Klan…
Was The 14th Amendment’s Legislative Intent To Correct the Wrongs of Slavery and Discrimination?
In the recent oral argument before the Supreme Court in the case of Merrill v. Milligan, the State of Alabama argued that the Voting Rights…
Video: Preserving the Legacy of Thad Stevens, New Stevens Statue in Gettysburg
The dedication of a new statue of Thad Stevens in Gettysburg led to the creation of a short documentary about Stevens and how he is…
Charles Blow Celebrates July 9 as the Anniversary of the 14th Amendment Granting Universal Birthright Citizenship
July 9 is the 153rd Anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment by Louisiana, the last state needed for its incorporation into the Constitution….
New Yorker: Should Dred Scott Decision Be Taught in Law School?
The New Yorker has an essay on the trend in some law schools to no longer have students read the entire Dred Scott Decision in…
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur
Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur published by W.W. Norton (2021) One of my…
The Challenge for Frederick Douglass: Lee’s Death, Black Soldiers & the Memory of the Civil War
Frederick Douglass ECW I sometimes hear comedians joke that Black History Month, celebrated annually in February, is during the shortest month of the year. Rather…
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