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.

President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” ...

Of the Civil War Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment had the most far-reaching effect on the meaning of the Constitution. It conferred both national and state citizenship upon birth, thereby ...

Before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, citizens of the states were automatically considered citizens of the United States. In 1857, the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision had held that no ...

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect ...

A federal judge put a temporary stay on the order, but the final decision on how to interpret the 14th Amendment, which most legal scholars say grants birthright citizenship, will likely be ...

The latest: President Joe Biden declares Equal Rights Amendment ... That includes the 14th Amendment, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...