In a memo to Justice Department staff on her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi urged the department to target ...

A reading of the 14th Amendment grants Congress the authority to end birthright citizenship, the Constitution Leadership Initiative’s Gary Porter writes in a guest column ...

For example, in 1866, only a year after the war had ended ... rights legislation try to accomplish? Eric Foner: The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is the last major piece of Reconstruction legislation.

including Sections 1981 and 1982 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Section 1983 of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, and the Fair Housing Act, as stated in a press release from the Floyds’ attorneys.

A discussion of the development of civil rights law in the US through the enactment of key legislation and formation of the ...

Congress had enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1866 largely in response to perceived Southern oppression of the freed slaves, particularly in the form of “Black Codes” enacted in the former ...

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

In 2005, though, Mr. Eastman explained that the 14th Amendment was based on a previous law, the 1866 Civil Rights Act, “which quite clearly exempted from the automatic citizenship provisions children ...

The lawsuit alleges that the program violates Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, a Civil War-era law that bars racial bias in contracting, and asks a judge to issue an injunction ...

The lawsuit alleges that the program violates Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, a Civil War-era law that bars racial bias in contracting, and asks a judge to issue an injunction ...