By its own terms, the 14th Amendment applies to “all persons” born in the United States, disqualifying no one by parentage.

“The Fourteenth Amendment has been ... scope of civic life that wasn’t considered during its ratification in 1868. Chief Justice Earl Warren was unequivocal in his rebuke of such laws in ...

Our political class is aflame, and our lawyer-ocracy is up in arms over President Trump’s executive order limiting the scope ...

Trump's executive order deviates entirely from the historical meaning of the 14th amendment. This amendment, a product of the post-Civil War constitutional revolution, guaranteed that every person ...

The intent of that clause in the 14th Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, was granting citizenship to freed slaves, annulling the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1858 Dred Scott decision, which ruled ...

Americans are largely split on which groups of children they think should automatically become citizens, according to a new ...

Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...

When the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, Native Americans were not citizens. That would only come, via statute, in 1924. Prior to that, they were considered either loyal to their respective ...

Since President Donald Trump took office, Colorado has joined several legal actions challenging executive orders and other ...

The 14th Amendment, which states adopted in 1868, says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and ...

The lawsuit argues the order violates the 14th Amendment, which has upheld birthright citizenship since 1868. The Trump administration contends noncitizen children aren't entitled to citizenship.