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

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

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

President Donald Trump wrote in his executive order that the 14th Amendment wasn't meant to extend citizenship to anyone born ...

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

In a significant legal development, a second federal judge has intervened to block President Donald Trump's executive order ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several states challenging Trump's birthright citizenship order argued the administration's position is legally 'meritless' ...

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 ...

At least 33 countries, mostly in the Americas, provide automatic citizenship to anyone born within their borders.

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