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 automatically a ...
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 ...
Hannah Liu, 26, of Washington, holds up a sign in support of birthright citizenship outside of the Supreme Court in Washington in May. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin AP On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025 ...
Editor's note: This story was written in June of 2018. When “Amending America: The Bill of Rights” opens in Lancaster on Saturday, the traveling exhibit will find itself in a city that was home to a ...
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Second Amendment in the spotlight
If you’ve followed coverage of the Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term over the past few months, you’d likely say this term’s theme ...
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 ...
On a Friday in June, Frances Thompson swore an oath before a congressional committee and began to testify about what she’d experienced during a race riot in Memphis one month earlier. She told the ...
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