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 ...

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 ...

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...

Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War ...

“The 14th Amendment was designed to overturn this decision and define citizenship once and for all, and it was based on birthright,” Rosen says. “It is really important that it’s a vision of ...

The legal challenge underscores the historical roots of birthright citizenship, noting that the 14th Amendment was ratified ...

“Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship”—better known as the birthright citizenship executive order ...