Articles Tagged with Fourteenth Amendment

The case comes on the heels of other attacks on diversity and inclusion programs, partly inspired by the Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action in college admissions.

A lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court argues that U.S. Representative Scott Perry should be disqualified from appearing on the 2024 ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

On Tuesday, December 19, 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald J. Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President and cannot be listed on Colorado's primary ballot in 2024.

The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of South Dakota on Friday, November 3, 2023, challenging South Dakota's personalized license plate law.

The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Nasdaq rule requiring companies listed on its exchange to have women and minority directors on their boards or provide an explanation as to why they do not.

Booksellers, publishers, and writers sued Texas officials in federal court on Tuesday alleging a new book restriction law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

A Florida school district was sued on Wednesday by Penguin Random House, advocacy group PEN America, authors, and parents, over its recent book banning.

On Monday, August 1, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that KWP, a seven year old boy attending the Kansas City Public Schools system, did not have his constitutional rights violated by Officer Brandon Craddock or the school's principal, Anne Wallace, when KWP was handcuffed for twenty minutes by the officer on school grounds. The Court further ruled that both the officer and principal met the requirements for qualified immunity on KWP's claims of unreasonable seizure and excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.