On July 9, 1868, Louisiana and South Carolina voted to ratify the 14th Amendment, after they had rejected it a year earlier. Learn…
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On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. The landmark law was a turning point in American history,…
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Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, explains why suggestions that transgender…
On the 62nd anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision that started the end of segregation, one leading academic says…
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Lana Ulrich, associate in-house counsel at the National Constitution Center, looks at the detailed arguments in the debate over…
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