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 attorneys general are asking SCOTUS to clarify that the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship clause does not provide automatic citizenship to everyone born in the U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Howard University - the historically Black school here - opens a center today dedicated to the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment was added to the Constitution after the Civil War. It establishes that ...

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

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 ...