This week he issued an executive order that would eliminate it, upending more than a century of precedent ... Congress ratified the 14th Amendment in 1868, guaranteeing citizenship for all ...

“In the 20th century, more broader questions were litigated under the 14th Amendment, like Brown v. Board of Education — whether segregation was constitutional. Cases involving the internment ...

It dates all the way back to 1868, when the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment was ratified ... the State wherein they reside.” For over a century, this has been interpreted legally to ...

The 14th Amendment, the ACLU said, “is the cornerstone of civil rights in the United States,” and “every attack on birthright citizenship, from the 19th century until now, has been grounded ...

Trump's executive actions are heading to court. One of his actions directly challenges the way the U.S. Constitution has been interpreted when it comes to immigration and whether someone born in ...

With the exception of the children of foreign diplomats, everyone born in the country is guaranteed U.S. citizenship, also known as "birthright citizenship," under the 14th Amendment. Under Trump ...

It’s a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868 after the Civil War to assure citizenship for all, including Black people. Trump’s executive order suggests that the amendment ...

The constitutional guarantee of citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil originates from the 14th Amendment and was upheld by the Supreme Court in the pivotal 1898 case United States v.