Tag: 14th amendment
Justice Department Is Using Confederate Officer’s Arguments to Overturn 14th Amendment Citizenship Clause
The Washington Post is reporting that the Justice Department is citing a noted segregationist in its case to overturn the Birthright Citizenship Clause in the…
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Brief Submitted to Supreme Court in Defense of the Reconstruction Right to Birthright Citizenship
On February 25, 2026 two historians submitted an amicus brief in a case challenging President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing Birthright Citizenship from children born in…
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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…
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David Blight on the Centrality of the 14th Amendment to Reconstruction’s Legacy
Several years ago Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Blight published an essay in The Atlantic on the centrality of the 14th Amendment that is well…