President Trump has repeatedly voiced concern over “birth tourism,” wherein foreign nationals travel to the U.S. to give birth, thereby securing citizenship for their children.

I’m not a lawyer; maybe that helps me understand the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship better than J. Christian Adams (“Conventional wisdom behind birthright citizenship is wrong ...

From the column: "Birthright citizenship represents the best of America. It’s a clear, principled rule that has served us ...

First, the 14th Amendment says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.” That’s hardly vague. In United States v.

The 14th Amendment, which was ratified after the Civil War, declares that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ...

His argument rests on interpreting the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof," found in the 14th Amendment, which codified birthright citizenship into the Constitution. Trump claims that ...

The 14th Amendment has a clause that grants ... Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, a key architect of the amendment, explained that “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” meant “not owing allegiance ...