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.
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.”
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
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
TONIGHT on PBS: Becoming Thurgood Marshall: America’s Social Architect premieres at 10ET/9C. The film traces the life + legacy of the nation’s first Black SCOTUS justice, with never-before-heard interviews + insights from civil rights leaders + scholars, including our founder @sifill.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
TONIGHT on PBS: Becoming Thurgood Marshall: America’s Social Architect premieres at 10ET/9C. The film traces the life + legacy of the nation’s first Black SCOTUS justice, with never-before-heard interviews + insights from civil rights leaders + scholars, including our founder @sifill.bsky.social
Keep demanding more and better from our country. Let the promise of the 14th Amendment, and the vision of its framers, guide you.
August 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Keep demanding more and better from our country. Let the promise of the 14th Amendment, and the vision of its framers, guide you.
LISTEN: I spoke last night with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about the practical & chilling effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v Casa, lifting the nationwide injunction that stopped the enforcement of the Executive Order that violates the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause.
July 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
LISTEN: I spoke last night with @chrislhayes.bsky.social about the practical & chilling effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v Casa, lifting the nationwide injunction that stopped the enforcement of the Executive Order that violates the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause.
“I do not give the [Supreme Court] any credit for not mentioning birthright citizenship, because it was their way of avoiding the consequences of the decision they chose to make today.” —Our founder, @sifill.bsky.social , on the #TrumpvCasa decision with @cnn.com’s Anderson Cooper.
June 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“I do not give the [Supreme Court] any credit for not mentioning birthright citizenship, because it was their way of avoiding the consequences of the decision they chose to make today.” —Our founder, @sifill.bsky.social , on the #TrumpvCasa decision with @cnn.com’s Anderson Cooper.
The theory that now that the challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship EO will proceed as class actions they will make their way quickly to the SCOTUS & be decided forthwith (Justice Kavanaugh’s claim) is, in my view, not likely. I explain why on @andersoncooper360.bsky.social.
June 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The theory that now that the challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship EO will proceed as class actions they will make their way quickly to the SCOTUS & be decided forthwith (Justice Kavanaugh’s claim) is, in my view, not likely. I explain why on @andersoncooper360.bsky.social.