The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been the center of controversy since it was adopted on July 9, 1868 -- 157 years ago today. Born of Reconstruction, it was hotly debated by Northern ...

Here is the first sentence of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens ...

Birthright citizenship—the principle that all individuals born on U.S. soil are granted American citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment—was at the center of arguments heard by the Supreme Court ...

Smith spoke Wednesday at the University of Oklahoma’s Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage’s annual Constitution Day program, commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787.

Hannah Liu, 26, of Washington, holds up a sign in support of birthright citizenship outside of the Supreme Court in Washington in May. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin AP On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025 ...

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment automatically makes all babies born ...

University of Southern California provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. For more than 150 years, almost all people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship ...

President Donald Trump spoke about the U.S. Constitution in a recent "Meet The Press" interview. The U.S. Constitution lays out rights for citizens and noncitizens. Several of the administration's ...

President Donald Trump and his administration are fighting to overturn birthright citizenship guaranteed by the 14 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and they just might succeed under the current ...

As the nation approaches its 250th birthday next year, the National Archives has mounted its first display of the entire Constitution. The exhibition gives viewers a chance to see not only the ...