Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional protections to newly freed Black Americans. But it also came at a great personal cost ...

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

Trump is trying to undo the 14th amendment. Historians are horrified. - Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution, reports Ka ...

The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in cases involving workdays, schools, train cars and birth control.

On his first day in office, President Trump signed an executive order to end universal birthright citizenship and limit it at ...

Two law professor argued in a guest essay for The New York Times that President Donald Trump may hold a strong case on the ...

This article was updated on Feb. 6 at 2:04 p.m. Shortly after being sworn into office on Jan. 20 for a second term, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship – the ...

The lawmakers’ attorneys, which include the America First Legal Foundation, offered a 23-page history they claim supports the ...

America First Legal filed two amicus briefs this week in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order ending ...

The 14th Amendment makes clear that no politician can ever decide who among those born in our country is worthy of ...

The Trump administration is arguing that the Constitution's birthright citizenship guarantee doesn't apply to undocumented ...