Professors Akhil and Vikram Amar have responded to my recent post arguing that the 14th Amendment does not grant automatic ...

As a general rule, babies born in the United States of America are citizens of the United States of America. There isn’t any question about that. It’s in the Constitution, 14th Amendment: “All persons ...

The first section of the 14th Amendment states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States and of the state where they ...

President Donald Trump told Politico that it would be “devastating” if the Supreme Court struck down his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. In a wide-ranging interview with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birthright Citizenship newspaper headlines on the US Constitution -- 14th amendment immigration law The 14th Amendment, passed by ...

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over President Donald Trump's efforts to enforce his executive order limiting birthright citizenship and maintaining his hardline approach toward ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

It is being used to challenge Trump in some states from being on the ballot. The intent of the 14th Amendment's disqualification clause is central to the debate over whether former President Donald ...