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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Civil rights lawyer and scholar Sherrilyn Ifill will head the project. On March 27, Howard University launched its 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy, housed within Howard University’s Law ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday, May 15 over President Donald Trump's bid to follow through with an executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship in the first broad ...