"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

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Since Trump’s return to office, the American dream has witnessed a drastic transition. On the occasion of its independence ...

The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but ...

The Declaration of Independence’s promise of equality has had ongoing challenges, but it is our American inheritance.

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On the Fourth of July, contributing columnist Mike Vogel writes about what really matters, starting with the Bill of Rights ...

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A byproduct of government transparency is that those who seek to alter public law by using the federal courts must, in all ...

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Suffragist and lawyer Alice Paul, who was born about a dozen miles east of Philadelphia in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, introduced the ERA in 1923 to guarantee women equal rights under federal law. Many ...