The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment echoes that of the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment, however, applies only against the federal government. After the Civil War, Congress adopted ...

In 2005, the Supreme Court's 14th Amendment jurisprudence seemed at equipoise. The equal protection clause permitted the use of race to promote diversity in classrooms. The due process clause ...

The 14th Amendment’s due process clause says no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. It’s a procedural guarantee — it governs how the government ...

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 158 years ago today. Born of Reconstruction, it was hotly debated by Northern ...

"That status quo would soon be turned upside down, as the next two decades brought a revolution to each facet of 14th ...