Former President Trump reignited the debate over birthright citizenship with a proposal that could challenge the 14th ...

Attorneys General from half of the United States, led by those from Tennessee and Iowa, filed a brief with the Supreme Court ...

(Birthright citizenship) rewards illegal behavior in a manner no drafter or ratifier of the Citizenship Clause endorsed,” the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court needs to make completely clear that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are ...

"Each child born in this country is precious no matter their parents' immigration status, but not every child is entitled to American citizenship," Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti said ...

The anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment comes at a time when birthright citizenship is under threat by the Trump administration. A recent SCOTUS ruling allowed Trump’s executive ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

Professor Evan Bernick recently guest blogged here about birthright citizenship, challenging those who have put forward revisionist arguments about the scope and import of the citizenship clause in ...

The first section of the 14th Amendment states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States and of the state where they ...

The justices consider tossing a decades-old tool to fight racial discrimination when it comes to fair representation.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy. Howard University - the historically Black ...