Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...

As a presidential candidate in 2016, Marco Rubio defended the conventional understanding of birthright citizenship, which contradicts the view embraced by the administration he currently serves as ...

I’m not a lawyer; maybe that helps me understand the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship better than J. Christian Adams (“Conventional wisdom behind birthright citizenship is wrong,” April 22).

As legal proceedings surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship move toward the country’s highest court, the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship by reinterpreting the 14th Amendment. This is the first time ...

Amid a charged legal battle over immigration powers, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a challenge to nationwide injunctions that have blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ...

No president has the authority to erase the civil protections of a constitutional amendment. But that didn’t stop 24 state attorneys general — including Indiana’s Todd Rokita — from asking the U.S.

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 ...

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against "universal injunctions" last week, President Donald Trump hailed the decision as a "GIANT WIN" for his administration. Trump added that "the Birthright ...

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear challenges to President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment automatically makes all babies born ...

Editor's note: This story was written in June of 2018. When “Amending America: The Bill of Rights” opens in Lancaster on Saturday, the traveling exhibit will find itself in a city that was home to a ...