It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment ... is a birthright for all people who are born on American soil — something ...

The first clause of the 14th Amendment provides that “All persons born or naturalized in the ... reservation’s geographic territory. Then, drawing explicitly on the language of the 1866 ...

In well over a century, nobody has seriously challenged the Supreme Court’s 1898 ruling that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens under the 14th Amendment, without regard to their parents ...

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Section 1 of the 14th Amendment says that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State ...

The Fourteenth Amendment is clear and unambiguous: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the ...

Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof ...

The Fourteenth Amendment promises that all persons in the United States shall enjoy the “equal protection of the laws.” This means that they cannot be discriminated against without good reason.

In well over a century, nobody has seriously challenged the Supreme Court’s 1898 ruling that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens under the 14th Amendment, without regard to their parents ...