Trump executive order restricts birthright citizenship; states sue
After the Civil War, the Constitution was amended to consider every baby born in the US an American. Soon that may change.
Trump administration defends his birthright citizenship order in court for the first time
Justice Department lawyers will defend President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship in federal court Thursday — the first action in what promises to be a protracted legal battle over the new administration’s agenda.
ACLU and 18 states sue Trump over his attempt to repeal birthright citizenship
Put simply, under Trump’s order, the children of most undocumented immigrants wouldn’t be US citizens, nor would the children of people in the country on student, work, or tourist visas. This is more than a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment — it’s an attempt to do away with the jus soli principle that undergirds US citizenship.
A bid to block Trump's cancellation of birthright citizenship is in federal court
A federal judge is set to hear the first arguments in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship rega
To end birthright citizenship, Trump misreads the constitution
America started doing so at the end of the Civil War. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision of 1857, which held that black people were not Americans. The 14th Amendment ensured that freed slaves and their children would henceforth be citizens.
Trump's plan to end US birthright citizenship faces first court challenge
A Seattle judge will hear a request on Thursday by four states to temporarily halt President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship in the US. The request - filed on behalf of Washington,
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Dred Scott case: the Supreme Court decision
In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court ... The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free ...
How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...
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Ron DeSantis doesn’t think current SCOTUS subscribes to Donald Trump take on birthright citizenship
DeSantis isn’t necessarily confident that the current court would support his and Trump’s view on birthright citizenship ...
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Dred Scott's fight for freedom
Dred Scott first went to trial to sue ... the case and whether Scott was indeed a citizen. The decision of the court was read in March of 1857. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney -- a staunch ...
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The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
In 1857, the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision had held that no black of African descent (free or slave) could be a citizen of the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment was thus necessary to ...
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Invoking Dred Scott decision, Fox host screams at the Supreme Court over Trump's loss
You know, frankly, in a more hideous way you had that situation prior to the Civil War, in the Dred Scott decision. No, I'm not comparing the two Supreme Courts. What I'm saying is, the Dred ...