WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan and U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold President Donald Trump’s executive order that would end birthright citizenship for children ...

Birthright citizenship—the principle that anyone born on American soil is a citizen—has deep roots in English common law and was applied in the Colonial era and early years of the American republic.

The Supreme Court has just granted certiorari in the case of Barbara v. United States which raises the issue of birthright citizenship. The case arose because on his first day of resuming the ...

The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump’s directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb ...

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up one of President Trump's most contentious policies by reviewing the American legal principle of "birthright citizenship," potentially upending a ...

Amy Swearer is a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. From the moment President Donald Trump issued his executive order on birthright ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to ...