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 ...

While progressives love to claim fealty to the First Amendment, they actually have used the Fourteenth Amendment to squash ...

America First Legal is leading the charge for the United States to return to the "original meaning" of the Fourteenth ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over President Donald Trump's efforts to enforce his executive order limiting birthright citizenship and maintaining his hardline approach toward ...

The anniversary of the ratification of the 14th Amendment comes at a time when birthright citizenship is under threat by the Trump administration. A recent SCOTUS ruling allowed Trump’s executive ...

Can the president do away with birthright citizenship? One week before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump claimed that with the stroke of his pen, he could change a longstanding ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

Birthright citizenship refers to the legal principle of jus soli, or 'right of the soil,' where individuals born in a territory automatically receive citizenship. In the United States, this principle ...