During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in ...

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey defended Trump's opening volley of executive orders, saying he within his rights to end birthright ...

Lawyers for the Department of Justice claim the birthright citizenship order attempts to resolve "prior mis-impressions" of the 14th Amendment.

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

The 14th Amendment was passed by the U.S. Senate in 1866 and ratified two years later by 28 of the 37 states at that time, ...

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution , ...

It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution plays a critical role in supporting some of our ...

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end ...

The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the US"—why does Trump wants to change it?

The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution grants citizenship to all individuals born or naturalised in the US, and subject to ...