That is the phrase, stuck in the middle of the first sentence of the first section of the 14th Amendment, that President Donald Trump is seeking to redefine as part of his campaign to overturn the ...

President Trump’s second attempt to restrict birthright citizenship tees up another legal battle over the meaning of the 14th Amendment. The administration designed Trump’s new orders more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Analilia Mejia knew when she joined Congress in April that she wanted to use her post to highlight what she believes is an ...

This week on Legal Speak, we preview a Supreme Court Brief discussion highlighting conflicts between the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship clause and current Trump administrative policies. Over the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick talked about their book, The Original Meaning of the 14th Amendment. They argued that the 14th Amendment, ...

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th Amendment acted as a correction to questions created by the 1857 Dred Scott ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) proposed an amendment on Thursday to “protect United States citizenship” and end birthright citizenship automatically granted to citizens born in the country as stipulated in the ...

The Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling Tuesday rejected President Trump’s attempt to abolish birthright citizenship — a right that’s enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Trump signed ...

It is hard to imagine that all the intelligent individuals who are U.S. Supreme Court justices have not figured out a commonsense solution to the 14th Amendment problem about birthright citizenship ...