The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in ...

Because when it comes to birthright citizenship, the virtue signaling and armchair excoriation is not just silly -- it's dead ...

The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction amendment, because it was added to the Constitution after the Civil War in 1868. That places it at an important historical crossroads, when ...

The lawsuit challenges President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship, which they say violates the ...

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

The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the US"—why does Trump wants to change it?

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says. “It is really important that it’s a vision of ...

That case, which helped precipitate the Civil War, was reversed by ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868. Perhaps to ...

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

President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders his first day of office — including one which seeks to strip certain newborns of their U.S. citizenship, effectively going against an ...