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

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...

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

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

President Donald Trump's executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally ...

Trump’s order said the government would no longer recognize U.S. citizenship if a person was born in the U.S. "when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and ...

Brad Jones, a professor of political science at the University of California Davis, told Newsweek. Birthright citizenship has been interpreted, repeatedly, as an integral part of the 14th Amendment.

The amendment has five sections, but we will only be dealing with the first, which contains the Citizenship Clause and three other related clauses. The 14th Amendment is known as a Reconstruction ...

A Trump executive order that would deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents in the nation illegal faces a ...

Executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 are being legally challenged by civil rights unions, ...

In the executive order, Mr. Trump said he would interpret the 14th Amendment differently than had been done in the past, arguing that it “has never been interpreted to extend citizenship ...

This move has sparked legal challenges in 14 states, as birthright citizenship is enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. Legal experts have noted that such a change would require a ...