Supreme Court will hear appeal of lower court ruling that struck down the president's January executive order limiting ...

As a general rule, babies born in the United States of America are citizens of the United States of America. There isn’t any ...

Conley's argument against birthright citizenship relies on an outdated understanding of originalism, focusing on "original intent" rather than "original public meaning." The original public meaning of ...

The 14th Amendment, passed by Congress in June 1866 and ratified in July 1868, starts by declaring "All persons born or naturalized in the United States ... are citizens of the United States and of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday, May 15 over President Donald Trump's bid to follow through with an executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship in the first broad ...

The Supreme Court will weigh the constitutionality of Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, with a ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship, known as “birthright citizenship,” for children born in the United States to two non ...

Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...

The U.S. Supreme Court needs to make completely clear that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are ...

I’m not a lawyer; maybe that helps me understand the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship better than J. Christian Adams (“Conventional wisdom behind birthright citizenship is wrong,” April 22).

Civil rights lawyer and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill will head the project. On March 27, Howard University launched its 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy, housed within Howard University’s Law ...