One of the biggest issues of the new Trump term is birthright citizenship. The president is pushing back against it with an ...

Because when it comes to birthright citizenship, the virtue signaling and armchair excoriation is not just silly -- it's dead ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

"When I heard that President Trump signed an Executive Order that would deny my child United States citizenship, my world ...

The Trump administration’s campaign to abolish birthright citizenship is not going well. Less than 72 hours after Trump ...

In fact, the Civil Rights Act remained valid law for another 70 years, with courts and legal scholars alike assuming that it was perfectly consistent with the citizenship clause. That’s because ...

Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship raises some important questions regarding the interpretation of the ...

Since the adoption of the 14th Amendment in 1868, the United States has recognized birthright citizenship; that is, if a ...

The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...