The 14th Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” ...

The US President wants to abolish a right enshrined in the US Constitution for 157 years - and now there's almost nobody who ...

The amendment has been cited to address what we now consider to be modern forms of slavery, such as sex trafficking, bondage, or aggravated kidnapping. After the Civil War, the U.S. abolished ...

One abolished slavery. One allowed Black men to vote. And another, the 14th Amendment written by Ohio Congressman John Bingham, established birthright citizenship and was ratified in 1868.

So, contra Trump, the text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment are clear: If a child is born on U.S. soil, and that child's parents are not diplomats, foreign ministers, or invading foreign ...

The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican ...

The decision was undone by the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, and the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed that everyone born in the US was a citizen of the US and protected by its Bill of ...

One abolished slavery. One allowed Black men to vote. And another, the 14th Amendment written by Ohio Congressman John Bingham, established birthright citizenship and was ratified in 1868.