Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after ...

(Reuters) - Illinois joined 36 U.S. states on Wednesday when it ratified an U.S. constitution Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) intended to ensure women are treated the same as men under state and federal ...

Take a revealing look at the grassroots organizing and legislative maneuvering that helped make Virginia the pivotal 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in “Ratified.” The ...

In Boston’s federal courthouse next week, US District Judge William Young will take up Equal Means Equal v. Trump, a lawsuit ...

Follow the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment with a pivotal legal battle in Virginia. Ratified captures the high-stakes push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia—the final state ...

Former President Joe Biden’s attempt to add an amendment to the Constitution with a statement issued just before he left office is one of several eleventh-hour moves that could come under renewed ...

The right to a civil jury trial is far more deeply rooted in American history and tradition than is the right to own guns, which the Supreme Court was right to incorporate. This coming Thursday, June ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...