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 ...

A politically powerful opponent of birthright citizenship railed that the United States cannot “give up the right” to “expel” ...

America started doing so at the end of the Civil War. The constitution was amended then to overturn the Dred Scott decision ...

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Trump hopes to gut birthright citizenship via executive order. In lawsuits filed across the country, immigrants seek to stop ...

that the judges of the Supreme Court have come to a decision in the case of DRED SCOTT, which involves the consitutionality of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

Explore the stark contrast between two visions of America, one rooted in division and inequality, and the other in justice ...

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, overturning the Dred Scott decision that denied Black Americans the rights and protections of U.S. citizenship. In 1898, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed in ...

In recent weeks, Healey and state Republicans have called for reform of the Right to Shelter law -- which was originally ...

Dred Scott was enslaved trying to fight his way ... stating he was *** citizen because he was born on US soil. This landmark decision helped clearly define the Supreme Court's interpretation ...