The Fourteenth Amendment represented a great expansion ... the spirit—if not the letter—of the Court’s decision. For example, in 2011 the state of Alabama enacted a law requiring school ...

ban state actions that it has found generally to violate the Fourteenth Amendment, even if in some instances they might not. A classic example is the literacy test for voting. See Oregon v.

The four amendments were defeated by a significant margin, with nearly identical percentage votes, in Saturday’s election.

For example, a law that prohibits burglary ... of children not accountable for their disabling status.” The Fourteenth Amendment allowed states to disenfranchise those convicted of rebellion ...

Introducing the 14 th Amendment, Michigan Sen ... John Bingham described the equal protection guarantee as a “sublime example of a great and powerful people” providing that “the humblest ...

The judges deemed the order a violation of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States. The author argues that if the Supreme Court upholds Trump's order ...

Louisiana voters rejected four proposed amendments to the state ... while it was 14 percent amongst white voters," Couvillon said. "As an example of Democratic turnout being elevated, Orleans ...