How Originalism Keeps the Constitution Alive

Every major question in American public life ultimately returns to a single source of authority: the Constitution. Whether ...
Opinion
The White HouseOpinion

America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Ratification of the 13th Amendment

On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...

The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.

Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase

Advocates for each side will provide a different explanation for who falls under ‘the jurisdiction’ of the United States.

What longstanding legal precedent says about birthright citizenship and the process to restrict it: Analysis

When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Trump administration's petitions seeking to resurrect Executive Order 14160 -- the ...

Supreme Court to decide legality of Trump move to limit birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's directive to restrict birthright ...

Supreme Court agrees to decide constitutionality of Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide the legality of President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

A Balanced Budget Amendment Doesn’t Change the Math

Addressing the nation’s long-term fiscal problems with any constitutional amendment to require annual balanced budgets would ...