Some people are learning that their birth or naturalization certificates aren’t enough to prove citizenship—a problem that the Fourteenth Amendment should ideally prevent.

The constitutional drama now playing out may feel like a circus, but the antics of the two parties are more than mere jousting: They are efforts to shape how the story will be understood for years to come.

Once upon a time in America, people were free to roam. Then came the Civil War, and in its aftermath a new crime was invented.

It’s almost impossible to hold them to account.

Forecasting a conclusion to an unpredictable conflict

Traditional notions of the intellectual were never meant to include people who looked like me or who had a background like mine.

Don’t let the art of democracy go out of fashion.

A requiem for Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment