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News Articles: 14th Amendment

Painted portrait of Wong Kim Ark in the Asian American Community Heroes Mural, located in San Francisco's Chinatown.

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  • History

Who's eligible for birthright citizenship in America? Find out in this history quiz

Who was Wong Kim Ark and what is the story behind the Supreme Court case United States vs. Wong Kim Ark? Find out here, and listen to a full episode to learn more.

May 15, 2025
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By:
  • Anya Steinberg and
  • Shajia Abidi
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled to restore former President Donald Trump to Colorado's ballot.

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  • Law

A unanimous Supreme Court restores Trump to the Colorado ballot

The decision came only weeks after the justices heard oral arguments in the politically sensitive case that put the high court in the middle of the 2024 presidential election.

March 04, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A banner is displayed in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday as justices prepared to hear arguments in a case about whether former President Donald Trump can be disqualified from state ballots. The case has profound implications for the 2024 presidential election.

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  • Politics

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot

The dispute comes from Colorado — but it could have national implications for Donald Trump and his political fate.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
The original documents are sensitive to both light and humidity.

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  • Politics

I went hunting for the 14th Amendment, the document that could bar Trump from ballots

Come on an adventure inside the research facility holding the Civil War-era document that could bar former President Donald Trump from the White House.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Luke Garrett
Congressman Jefferson Long, left, and pioneering educator of Black children Lucy Craft Laney, right, are depicted in a mural by artist Kevin Lewis in Macon's Pleasant Hill neighborhood which both at one time called home.

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  • History

Why today's Supreme Court debate recalls prophetic words spoken by Maconite Jefferson Long in 1871

When Georgia's first African American congressman became the first Black man to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, his argument presaged the Trump v. Anderson case by more than 150 years.

February 08, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley participates in fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate on on December 6, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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  • Elections

Bringing birther back, Donald Trump questions Nikki Haley's right to be president

The former governor of South Carolina, Haley was born in the southern state. But as she surges in Republican polls, Trump is elevating false conspiracy theories about her citizenship on social media.

January 10, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on Dec. 16 in Durham, N.H.

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  • Elections

Trump cries 'election interference' after Maine ruling will keep him off the ballot

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows stated former President Donald Trump is not qualified to appear on the state's primary ballot. The Trump campaign pledged to fight the decision in state court.

December 29, 2023
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By:
  • Megan Pratz
The Michigan Supreme Court says former President Donald Trump can remain on the state's primary ballot.

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  • Elections

Michigan Supreme Court says Trump can remain on state's primary ballot

The ruling comes after a historic decision from Colorado's highest court that ruled that Trump was ineligible to appear on the state's primary ballot because he engaged in an insurrection.

December 28, 2023
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump's actions on and around Jan. 6 disqualify him from the presidency and from appearing on the state's 2024 primary ballot.

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  • Elections

Colorado's Supreme Court disqualified Trump from the state ballot. What happens now?

Trump's team vowed to appeal the decision. If it's in front of the U.S. Supreme Court by Jan. 5, Trump's name will stay on the ballot. Legal experts say the question is likely to keep coming up.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Rapid City, S.D., on Sept. 8.

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  • Elections

5 things to know about the 14th Amendment effort to block Trump from the presidency

Some legal scholars and activists say an obscure provision of the Constitution, dating back to just after the Civil War, should disqualify Donald Trump from a second White House term.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 5.

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  • Law

Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions

The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.

June 29, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg

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