14th Amendment

Shirola: It’s time to end birthright citizenship

February 25, 2020

In the final years of the Civil War and the subsequent Reconstruction Era, a debate was raging in Congress in regard to the rights of former slaves newly freed by the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. The...

Judge strikes down same-day voter registration at polling places in Illinois

September 29, 2016

Illinois residents will not be able to register at polling precincts the same day they vote this fall, after a federal judge struck down a state law facilitating same-day voter registration on Tuesday. The...

Cohen: Struggling with a burning Baltimore

April 29, 2015

Scrolling through Facebook recently, I saw friends of all different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds posting articles about Baltimore with a similar message: Don’t criticize the violence; it’s...

Kurtz: Post-inauguration, Obama done playing nice

January 25, 2013

Presidential inaugurations are the political equivalent of New Year’s Eve in Times Square. Under the watchful eye of law enforcement, you wait in the cold for hours on end at a considerable distance...

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