President Trump considers rule of law "but an impediment to his policy goals," the judge said, blasting the executive order ...

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

Prof. Richard Epstein replies to our Politics & Ideas columnist.

The 14th Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate in 1866 and ratified two years later by 28 of the 37 states at that time, ...

Will our elected officials defend the Constitution, or will they stand by as newborns and immigrant families are targeted by ...

Quick summary • A second federal judge blocked Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, ruling it unconstitutional and contrary to more than 250 years ...

President Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States. What is it, which other countries apply the ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump announced an executive order ending birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship to formerly enslaved Black people ...

Tell me, are you a Roman?” Saint Paul’s affirmative response to the Roman guard’s question as recorded in Acts is one of the ...

Critically for Trump’s purposes, the amendment is not restricted to consecutive terms. Virtually every constitutional scholar ...

It’s a crystal clear idea: citizenship and equal protection under the law for everyone born or naturalized in the United States. Beyond that, the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution ...

A series of legal challenges regarding birthright citizenship is making it unclear what will happen to young immigrants in a few months.