A historical review shows lawmakers without certain familial records went unchallenged as citizens when the 14th Amendment ...

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 ...

This decision is only one of the ways that the Court, under Chief Justice John Roberts, has been chipping away at the parts ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Trump's case on ending birthright citizenship for millions of children. Here's what it means.

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 ...

Conley's argument against birthright citizenship relies on an outdated understanding of originalism, focusing on "original intent" rather than "original public meaning." The original public meaning of ...

Supreme Court will hear appeal of lower court ruling that struck down the president's January executive order limiting automatic citizenship.

In early 2026 the U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliberate the president’s Jan. 20 executive order to unravel birthright citizenship — a tradition that has long opened America’s doors to newborns from ...

“In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. On ...