14th Amendment

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• 1/16/19
  

  William Barr Needs a History Lesson

  by Derek Litvak

  When conservatives claim birthright citizenship is not a part of the Constitution, they are ignoring America’s long history of slavery, discrimination, and segregation. 

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  12-4-18
  

  First as Farce, Then as Tragedy

  by Manisha Sinha

  Donald Trump wants to destroy the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship. But before he sought to eliminate it outright, his elite predecessors mangled, misread, and misused the amendment in the service of capital.

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• 10/31/18
  

  UPDATED Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship?

  What historians are tweeting and retweeting. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-26-18
  

  The 14th Amendment, the one that empowered the Bill of Rights, turned 150 this past weekend

  by T.J. Stiles

  Before the 14th Amendment, the Bill of Rights protected almost no one.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-19-18
  

  Martha Jones sets the record straight about birthright citizenship

  A Trump official claimed that birthright citizenship rests on a “deliberate misreading” of the 14th Amendment.

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• 7/29/18
  

  Black Bostonians in the 19th Century Thought the 14th Amendment Didn’t Do Enough to Protect Black Voting Rights

  by Millington W. Bergeson-Lockwood

  They were correct.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  7-9-18
  

  We Should Embrace the Ambiguity of the 14th Amendment

  by Eric Foner

  A hundred and fifty years after its ratification, some of its promises remain unfulfilled—but one day it may still be interpreted anew.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-8-18
  

  Let’s Celebrate the 14th Amendment

  by Amanda Brickell Bellows

  It granted citizenship to African-Americans — an achievement worth remembering.