Activists will gather July 9 at the Supreme Court to celebrate the 14th Amendment and defend civil rights protections.

The Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Barbara does more than uphold a broad view of birthright citizenship. It reads into ...

In the 1860s, citizenship was not only extended but defined more narrowly than the chief justice acknowledges.

The dispute centered on whether a president can reinterpret the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.

"If we want real, lasting change, it has to come through the amendment process," Sen. Rand Paul said.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after ...

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the work of ensuring their enforcement. On July 9, 1868, South Carolina became ...

Can any serious legal scholar argue with a straight face that the authors of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution intended for almost anyone born on U.S. soil to automatically gain U.S. citizenship?

Greetings everyone, I remember speaking at Northwestern University some years ago on the Iranian Nuclear Agreement for the Young America's Foundation. After the presentation, the floor was opened up ...

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