The 14th Amendment Center
@the14thcenter.bsky.social
Located at Howard University School of Law, the 14th Amendment Center on Law and Democracy is a multi-disciplinary institute dedicated to exploring the transformative impact of the 14th Amendment on American democracy.
It’s Thanksgiving Day. Did you know that it was President Lincoln who created this holiday to celebrate the resilience of the American people and the commitment to freedom during the Civil War? Listen to one of our favorite historians @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the Civil War origins of this day.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s Thanksgiving Day. Did you know that it was President Lincoln who created this holiday to celebrate the resilience of the American people and the commitment to freedom during the Civil War? Listen to one of our favorite historians @hcrichardson.bsky.social on the Civil War origins of this day.
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#OnThisDay in 1866, a peaceful Black voting rights convention in New Orleans was brutally massacred by a white mob. Nearly 50 people were killed. This tragedy fueled the fight for the 14th Amendment.
July 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#OnThisDay in 1866, a peaceful Black voting rights convention in New Orleans was brutally massacred by a white mob. Nearly 50 people were killed. This tragedy fueled the fight for the 14th Amendment.
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Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.
October 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.
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Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon on Chicago: "[Greg Bovino] was filmed lobbing a tear gas canister into a crowd...deliberately trying to provoke a confrontation."
October 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon on Chicago: "[Greg Bovino] was filmed lobbing a tear gas canister into a crowd...deliberately trying to provoke a confrontation."
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Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous.
“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” www.wired.com/story/path-t...
“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” www.wired.com/story/path-t...
Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous
“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED.
www.wired.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Historians Don't Think a US Civil War Is Likely—but They're Still Nervous.
“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” www.wired.com/story/path-t...
“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” www.wired.com/story/path-t...
Fascinating new exhibit in Los Angeles deepens the conversation about Confederate monuments.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Daring Show Remixes the Monuments of the Confederacy
As the Trump Administration tries to rescue symbols of the Lost Cause, an exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, finds meaning in their desecration.
www.newyorker.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fascinating new exhibit in Los Angeles deepens the conversation about Confederate monuments.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
This week’s SCOTUS argument focused on whether remedies under Section 2 of the VRA violate the 15th Amendment. But in this issue of The Refounding, I wrote about how remedying racial gerrymandering under Sec 2 is also consistent w/the aims of Section 2 of the 14th Amend. medium.com/@TheRefoundi...
A Tale of Two Section Twos
The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th…
medium.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This week’s SCOTUS argument focused on whether remedies under Section 2 of the VRA violate the 15th Amendment. But in this issue of The Refounding, I wrote about how remedying racial gerrymandering under Sec 2 is also consistent w/the aims of Section 2 of the 14th Amend. medium.com/@TheRefoundi...
LISTEN: @legaldefensefund.bsky.social President & Director-Counsel
@janainelson.bsky.social responds to Justice Kagan’s question asking what would be the result if the Court adopted Louisiana’s view about Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“It would be catastrophic.”
@janainelson.bsky.social responds to Justice Kagan’s question asking what would be the result if the Court adopted Louisiana’s view about Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“It would be catastrophic.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
LISTEN: @legaldefensefund.bsky.social President & Director-Counsel
@janainelson.bsky.social responds to Justice Kagan’s question asking what would be the result if the Court adopted Louisiana’s view about Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“It would be catastrophic.”
@janainelson.bsky.social responds to Justice Kagan’s question asking what would be the result if the Court adopted Louisiana’s view about Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
“It would be catastrophic.”
This morning SCOTUS heard Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could reshape the Voting Rights Act. In The Refounding, @sifill.bsky.social breaks down what’s at stake and why it matters. medium.com/@TheRefoundi...
October 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This morning SCOTUS heard Louisiana v. Callais, a case that could reshape the Voting Rights Act. In The Refounding, @sifill.bsky.social breaks down what’s at stake and why it matters. medium.com/@TheRefoundi...
When art moves with purpose, creativity becomes a catalyst for change. Ava DuVernay, Yara Shahidi, and John Legend’s conversation urgently called for us to see art anew as movement. To align what we make with what we believe and to create work that truly moves the world forward
October 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
When art moves with purpose, creativity becomes a catalyst for change. Ava DuVernay, Yara Shahidi, and John Legend’s conversation urgently called for us to see art anew as movement. To align what we make with what we believe and to create work that truly moves the world forward
So true. The Reconstruction anti-canon.
Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction
October 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
So true. The Reconstruction anti-canon.
A critical premise of the work of the 14th Amendment Center is that we are all founders & framers of the future of democracy in this country.
Prof. Kate Andrias channels that spirit in this excellent op-ed.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Prof. Kate Andrias channels that spirit in this excellent op-ed.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A critical premise of the work of the 14th Amendment Center is that we are all founders & framers of the future of democracy in this country.
Prof. Kate Andrias channels that spirit in this excellent op-ed.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Prof. Kate Andrias channels that spirit in this excellent op-ed.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
At @VisionandJustice NOW, @EJI founder Bryan Stevenson explained how 15 years ago he came to understand that civil rights litigation would not be enough. “We couldn’t win Brown v Board of Education today.” Stevenson created the @legacysites.eji.org in Montgomery, spurred by this realization.
October 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At @VisionandJustice NOW, @EJI founder Bryan Stevenson explained how 15 years ago he came to understand that civil rights litigation would not be enough. “We couldn’t win Brown v Board of Education today.” Stevenson created the @legacysites.eji.org in Montgomery, spurred by this realization.
Why is “Art & Imagination” one of the 4 Pillars of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy’s work? At the Vision & Justice Now gathering in NY this week I explained what civil rights litigators know about the power of culture in shaping narrative. @howardlawschool.bsky.social @visionandjustive
October 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Why is “Art & Imagination” one of the 4 Pillars of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy’s work? At the Vision & Justice Now gathering in NY this week I explained what civil rights litigators know about the power of culture in shaping narrative. @howardlawschool.bsky.social @visionandjustive
LISTEN: So appreciate @leahlitman.bsky.social, @profmmurray.bsky.social, & @kateshaw.bsky.social for allowing NYT columnist @jamellebouie.net & I to join them in a deep dive about the ongoing attempt to derail the promise of the 14th Amendment. Begins at min 57:00. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The Trump Administration's SCOTUS Winning Streak
Podcast Episode · Strict Scrutiny · 09/29/2025 · 1h 59m
podcasts.apple.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
LISTEN: So appreciate @leahlitman.bsky.social, @profmmurray.bsky.social, & @kateshaw.bsky.social for allowing NYT columnist @jamellebouie.net & I to join them in a deep dive about the ongoing attempt to derail the promise of the 14th Amendment. Begins at min 57:00. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Thanks to all who joined the 14th Amendment Center for our seminars on birthright citizenship last week. Kudos to seminar faculty MarthaJones, @katemasur.bsky.social, Robert Chang at @korematsuctr.bsky.social,Jessica Levin at Seattle Law & Bethany Li @aaldef.bsky.social
@howardlawschool.bsky.social
@howardlawschool.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thanks to all who joined the 14th Amendment Center for our seminars on birthright citizenship last week. Kudos to seminar faculty MarthaJones, @katemasur.bsky.social, Robert Chang at @korematsuctr.bsky.social,Jessica Levin at Seattle Law & Bethany Li @aaldef.bsky.social
@howardlawschool.bsky.social
@howardlawschool.bsky.social
Our founder @sifill.bsky.social delivered the keynote at @howard.edu’s 158th Convocation & received the Presidential Medal of Achievement. She reminded students: “It’s planting time… we have the duty to remake democracy.” Watch her full remarks www.youtube.com/live/1YedCX5...
September 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Our founder @sifill.bsky.social delivered the keynote at @howard.edu’s 158th Convocation & received the Presidential Medal of Achievement. She reminded students: “It’s planting time… we have the duty to remake democracy.” Watch her full remarks www.youtube.com/live/1YedCX5...
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#OnThisDay in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act is signed into law as part of the Compromise of 1850. You can view a printing block that was used to advertise runaway slaves in newspapers in our exhibit #CivilWarAndReconstruction.
Credit: Courtesy of Angelo Scarlato
Credit: Courtesy of Angelo Scarlato
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
#OnThisDay in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act is signed into law as part of the Compromise of 1850. You can view a printing block that was used to advertise runaway slaves in newspapers in our exhibit #CivilWarAndReconstruction.
Credit: Courtesy of Angelo Scarlato
Credit: Courtesy of Angelo Scarlato