The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, with the intention of granting full citizenship rights to freed ...

It is widely agreed that “subject to the jurisdiction” excluded the children of diplomats, Native Americans subject and with ...

Many Indian families rely on birthright citizenship for their U.S.-born children to gain legal standing and, eventually, help ...

Since that 1898 ruling, that expansive understanding of birthright citizenship has been ... “But that doesn’t mean it can’t get unsettled.” Mr. Wong’s case arose during a similar moment ...

A constitutional law professor weighs in on the legal battles sparked by President Donald Trump’s controversial executive orders.

The two women are among the five individual plaintiffs who sued the Trump administration in federal court in Maryland over his plans to end birthright ... “Protecting the Meaning and Value ...

Here's a quick recap of what has occurred in US politics today: Trump issued a 25% steel and aluminum tariff on all countries ...

We don’t know yet how far Trump will go.

Broadly speaking, the federal judiciary has three tiers. In the lowest level, known as “district” courts, a single judge will ...

When President Donald Trump announced his intention to end birthright citizenship, right-wing media figures immediately began ...

A federal judge in Boston has blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship ...

Trump's executive order was rebuked again by a judge noting that losing birthright citizenship could cause "cascading effects." ...