Legal News for Weds 7/9 - Charles Oakley vs. MSG, Texas vs. ABA, California vs. 23andMe and IRS Retreats on Church Political Speech
This Day in Legal History: 14th Amendment Ratified
On July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified—one of the most sweeping and hotly contested legal transformations in American history. Drafted during Reconstruction, its promise was bold: birthright citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law. In theory, it was the legal nail in the coffin for Dred Scott v. Sandford, the 1857 decision that declared Black people could never be citizens. In practice? A more complicated story.
The amendment aimed to redefine American citizenship in the wake of…
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