Completion of the Old Courthouse renovations caps over a decade of work to revamp and reimagine the Gateway Arch National ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday was divided over whether a federal judge has the power to block President Donald Trump’s ...

Criticism of "activist" judges predates the term and has come from both ends of the political spectrum. Democratic and ...

Adopted in July 1868, the amendment overturned the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, the Supreme Court’s 1857 ruling that held that even free African Americans were not U.S. citizens.

The 14th Amendment was adopted in July 1868, overturning the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, which ruled that African Americans were not U.S. citizens, even if they were free. The court ...

This clause effectively overturned the notorious Dred Scott decision of 1857, in which the Supreme Court held that Black people, no matter whether or not they were enslaved, were not citizens.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, enacted after the Civil War, was aimed at reversing the Supreme Court's infamous Dred Scott decision, a ruling that declared Black people, enslaved or ...

It effectively overturned the notorious Dred Scott decision, in which the Supreme Court held that Black people, no matter their status, were not citizens. Since at least 1898 and the Supreme Court ...

It effectively overturned the notorious Dred Scott decision, in which the Supreme Court held that Black people, no matter their status, were not citizens. Since at least 1898 and the Supreme Court ...