The amendment has five sections, but we will only be dealing with the first, which contains the Citizenship Clause and three ...
Two weeks ago in these pages, I looked at the second and third sections of the 14th Amendment. Today I continue with its two final sections, the fourth and the fifth. Section 4 clarifies which ...
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 after the Civil War, granting citizenship and rights to formerly enslaved people.
Where, you ask? They continue: Section 2 of the 14th Amendment provides that if a state denies the franchise to anyone eligible to vote, its allotment of House seats shall be “reduced in the ...
The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. Following the pattern of the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8, the ...