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 decision,

With the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments challenging birthright citizenship, as guaranteed in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, it pays to remember that a politician from Lancaster played a

President Trump's executive order limiting birth right citizenship afforded in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment is taken under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump is on a mission to eliminate birthright citizenship, a right long thought to be guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. But how will the Supreme Court respond? The legal journalist Cristian Farias shares his insights.

The majority seemed skeptical of the Trump administration's argument on birthright citizenship, appearing ready to rule in favor of upholding automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil.

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 reside. Simply put, the Citizenship Clause of the 14th ...

The Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be buying the Trump administration’s argument for overturning birthright citizenship.