This segment from American Experience: "Simple Justice" explores the issue at the heart of Brown v. Board of Education: whether the Fourteenth Amendment applied to segregated schools. [5:50]

The first major post-Civil-War Supreme Court decision, popularly know as the Slaughterhouse Cases, resulted in a pivotal interpretation of the relatively new Fourteenth Amendment. Larry Kramer, Dean at Stanford Law School, discusses why...

In this episode, we discuss the most important part of the Constitution-the Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, we discuss the "equal protection" clause and how it relates to our civil rights. We've discussed in previous episodes civil...

Do rights imply responsibilities? Find out on today's episode.

The Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments made critical changes to the Constitution, such as the abolition of slavery, that addressed issues not settled at the Constitutional Convention or by the Civil War.

After the Civil War, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment. These were efforts to protect the rights of African Americans.

An early Supreme Court decision in the case of Strauder v. West Virginia (1880) concluded that West Virginia violated the equal protection of the law rights in the Fourteenth Amendment.

The equal protection clause was meant to protect African Americans against discrimination. It didn't work out that way. On today's episode, we learn why.

This radio program focuses on the historical significance as President Trump has revived the idea of ending birthright citizenship, written into the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. This is an interview with Trump in 2016.

This podcast episode examines how the Fourteenth Amendment defines national citizenship.

Students watch two video segments about the Fourteenth Amendment and then write an essay addressing where the amendment is explicit or implicit in meaning.