There were six measures being voted on in New York, the first of which was Proposal 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that has been dubbed the "Equal Rights Amendment." It became better known ...

A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law ... act ...

A Manhattan federal court judge ... violating their Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures and 14th Amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection, according ...

For the second time in just over a year, the Supreme Court tossed out a longstanding precedent intended, however imperfectly, to expand basic rights ... The Equal Protection Clause allows for ...

Overturning the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United ... Sometimes even that isn’t enough. The Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban discrimination on the basis of sex, passed Congress ...

However, the Supreme Court has also used this part ... Ironically, the very same amendment that was written to ensure equal rights for African Americans now provides a mechanism to make them ...