The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

The 14th Amendment and court precedent run counter to the president’s order.

No U.S. president has ever gone after the 14th Amendment before, but Trump’s birthright citizenship attack isn’t the first ...

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution , ...

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

Trump’s second term won’t include a decennial census, but his revocation of a Biden order signals that he intends to ...

The 14th Amendment was introduced to help racial justice. Trump’s plans ensure the opposite - Black activists championed the ...

Trump wants a Constitution that, among other things, allows him to refuse to spend congressional appropriations and as we’ve ...

Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has ...

Trump’s order targeting the Constitution’s 14th Amendment was hit with several legal challenges by Democratic attorneys ...