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

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

President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We ...

Another factor distinct to this moment: The current Supreme Court majority takes an “originalist” approach, and the history ...

At first glance, birthright citizenship and slavery may seem like separate issues, but their histories are deeply intertwined ...

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

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s ...

President Donald Trump has a credible argument for getting rid of birthright citizenship, but the issue will ultimately be ...

More than 20 states have sued the Trump administration, saying it has disregarded over 125 years of legal precedent which has guaranteed that a person born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen.

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...

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 ...

After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.