The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that involves whether possessing AR-15s is protected by the Second ...

It says no “person” when drafting the 14th and 15th Amendments. The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” does not allow states to ...

"I think the Republican Party in the North has come to the conclusion that the Fifteenth Amendment was a hideous mistake. There is a growing sentiment among the Republicans in the North to let the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A constitutional amendment to eliminate property taxes in Ohio moved one step closer to appearing on ballots. Attorney General Dave Yost accepted the petition title and ...

Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's repeal and instead ban ...

The land near the corner of Rector and Commerce streets once sat beneath the home of Thomas Mundy Peterson, the United States’ first Black voter under the protection of the 15th Amendment.

But the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the Guam plebiscite law includes an “impermissible racial classification,” which violates voting rights guaranteed by the 15th Amendment.

The 14th Amendment provides for equal protection under the law for all U.S. citizens. The 15th Amendment ensures citizens’ right to vote, regardless of race or color.

Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the Preamble through the 27th Amendment. There are multiple passages he has ...

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Several protesters challenged the buffer zone in state court, arguing that it violated their rights under the First Amendment. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected their challenge.

Shearer also cites the "incomplete legacy of the 15th Amendment," which granted everyone the right to vote but was undermined by states in the deep South which disfranchised Black voters through ...