In the debates over the 14th Amendment in 1866, Sen. John Conness argued convincingly that "children of all parentage ...

During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

Federal judges in Washington and Maryland say the president's attack on birthright citizenship flouts the 14th Amendment and ...

America First Legal filed two amicus briefs this week in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order ending ...

A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship in the United States. As he spoke from the bench, senior U.S. District Judge John ...

Calling birthright citizenship "an unequivocal constitutional right,'' a federal judge on Feb. 6 blocked the Trump ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois participated in one court battle with the Trump administration Thursday when a federal judge ...

The injunction issued Thursday by a judge in Seattle came a day after another injunction stemming from a lawsuit in Maryland.

Conness, a U.S. Senator from California from 1863 to 1869, was a leader in passing the 14th Amendment. And Trump’s attempt to ...

A second federal judge has issued an order blocking Donald Trump's administration from implementing his plan to curtail U.S.

The Supreme Court has relisted two Second Amendment cases for its conference on Friday January 17. They include Snope v. Brown, which concerns whether Maryland may ban semiautomatic rifles that ...

A second federal judge said President Donald Trump likely violated the Constitution by ordering an end to birthright ...