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 ...

The concept of birthright citizenship is clearly defined in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, our nation’s most fundamental legal document. Everyone born in the United States is ...

President Trump's executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship faces legal challenges and ignites debate about the 14th Amendment. Black abolitionists played a crucial role in shaping ...

The first sentence of the 14th Amendment overturned that decision. No one disputes that. Legal language is general. Did the language securing citizenship to black Americans also secure ...

United States President Donald Trump has suggested that the 14th Amendment right to American citizenship never had anything to do with modern-day “gate-crashers”. Trump insisted that it had ...

Some women wade across the Rio Grande, others fly first class, but both claim citizenship for their newborns under the birthright clause of the 14th Amendment. The clause was originally proposed ...