Fourteenth Amendment, Narrated by Sherrilyn Ifill
Dr. Sherrilyn Ifill is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney, expert, and scholar. Ifill is the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the founder and director of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard University School of Law. Ifill shows us the significance of the Fourteenth Amendment, which established that anyone born in the United States was automatically a citizen.
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Despite all the arguments about the 14th Amendment pertaining only to former slaves, the legislators said “all persons.” They did not say all persons formerly held in bondage. It is a fundamental rule of interpretation that legislators know how to say what they mean and mean what they say—end of discussion.
Why this was not rendered a unanimous 9-0 decision by the Supreme Court in 2026 to be upheld leaves so many heartbroken.. My how far has this nation fallen, but no one will ever succumb to giving up hope that this democratic-republic is well worth fighting for and keeping..
Voting has consequences.. choose wisely..