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14th Amendment

If president, Vivek Ramaswamy would deport American citizens

John Fea   |  September 9, 2023

Here is NBC News: Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says that as president, he would deport American-born children of undocumented immigrants. “The family unit will be deported,” said Ramaswamy when asked by NBC News if the deportations would include American-born...

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A conservative federal judge and liberal law professor say the Constitution prohbits Trump from ever being president again

John Fea   |  August 21, 2023

I am guessing that Michael Luttig and Lawrence Tribe don’t agree on much about the law. But they do agree that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits Trump from running for public office, including the presidency. Lutting is a retired George W....

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Today Ted Cruz appealed to the Compromise of 1877. Why that isn’t such a good idea.

John Fea   |  January 6, 2021

Earlier today, Ted Cruz invoked the election of the 1876 and the so-called “Compromise of 1877” as a model for dealing with supposed election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Watch: Let’s set the record straight on what actually happened...

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Tuesday night court evangelical roundup

John Fea   |  June 23, 2020

What have Trump’s evangelicals been saying since yesterday’s update? Franklin Graham is on the stump for Trump. This is from his Facebook page : In the last presidential election in 2016, I reminded people across the country that the election was not about...

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How the history of white evangelical racism has led to Donald Trump’s election and continues to shape support for his presidency

John Fea   |  June 19, 2020

I begin with a caveat. This post is not implying that all white evangelicals are or have been racist. Many white evangelicals have been anti-racist and have fought hard to curb systemic racism in American life. But, as I argued...

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Eric Foner on the “Buried Promise of the Reconstruction Amendments”

John Fea   |  September 10, 2019

Over at The New Yorker, Isaac Chotiner interviews historian Eric Foner on the promise of Reconstruction.  Foner, of course, remains the foremost historian of  Reconstruction.  I have taught his book Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 several times over the years.  Foner’s current book,...

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Epps: “The Citizenship Clause Means What It Says”

John Fea   |  October 31, 2018

Here is Garrett Epps on Donald Trump’s latest nativist scheme: In an interview with Axios on HBO, Trump confirmed what had been suspected since last summer: He is planning an executive order that would try to change the meaning of the Constitution...

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David Blight on the 14th Amendment

John Fea   |  October 21, 2015

The Atlantic.com is running a digital symposium on the 150th anniversary of Reconstruction with particular focus on the history and legacy of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.  Here is a taste of Yale historian David’s Blight’s contribution on the 14th: Among...

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Eric Foner Defends American Exceptionalism

John Fea   |  August 28, 2015

It is really hard to argue that the United States is not an exceptional nation.  It was the first nation born out of the Enlightenment.  In the early 19th century it was probably the most democratic place in the world....

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Linda Kerber on Why Students Should Memorize the 14th Amendment

John Fea   |  April 16, 2014

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Happy 145 Birthday To The 14th Amendment

John Fea   |  July 9, 2013

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868.  Here it is: Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...

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The Most Important Document in American History Is…

John Fea   |  January 31, 2013

George Marshall’s Marshall Plan Speech. Followed by The Federalist Papers and the Fourteenth Amendment. This is according to the 800 people who voted at the History News Network.  (The Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights were excluded from...

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