Washington Times- The 14th Amendment was written for one people
This is America's 250th birthday year. Good year to tell the truth. The 14th Amendment didn't fall out of the sky and it wasn't written for everybody. It was written after the Civil War to overturn Dred Scott v. Sandford and settle, once and for all, whether formerly enslaved Americans and their children were citizens of the United States. It was written for a specific people, for a specific reason, after a specific debt came due. That people was us.
Re-Print: When 83 Percent of Americans Speak, Will the Senate Listen?
Dr. Jimmy Lee Tillman II The following opinion was originally published in the February 9, 2026 Washington Times. In an era of deep political division, finding consensus on almost anything seems impossible. Yet there is one policy that unites Americans across party, race, and region: requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. According to Gallup, 83 percent of Americans support this basic safeguard. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act refl