Is Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’?
Thirty years ago, Congress considered a bill much like President Trump’s recent executive order on birthright citizenship. It sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States…
Trump Tests the Boundaries of the Presidency
On his first full day back in the White House, President Trump reveled in his return to power and vowed to do what no president had ever done before. “We’re…
What Biden’s Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Could Actually Do
President Biden on Friday declared that he believes that the Equal Rights Amendment has met the requirements of ratification and is now part of the Constitution, moving just days before…
Here Are Key Dates in the Equal Rights Amendment’s 100-Year History
President Biden said on Friday that he believed the Equal Rights Amendment met the requirements of ratification as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. But his remarks were likely symbolic,…
U.S. Finds Pervasive Safety Failures at South Carolina Jail
A South Carolina jail where at least 60 people were stabbed in 2023 and others died in recent years routinely failed to protect its inmates and violated their constitutional rights,…
