Former President Trump reignited the debate over birthright citizenship with a proposal that could challenge the 14th Amendment. This video explains what it means and why it matters.

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, established that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ...

Trump’s limitation on the 14th Amendment echoes legal theories, previously on the fringe, that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction” of the US would not reach undocumented immigrants.

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. Wong Kim Ark.

What does the 14th Amendment say about citizenship by birth The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 coming out of the Civil War, granting citizenship and rights to formerly enslaved people.

Anderson. In a stunning disfigurement of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court impressed upon it an ahistorical misinterpretation that defies both its plain text and its original meaning.

Finding the 14th Amendment was easier said than done. My search started back in January at the rotunda at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. I checked every thick glass case — no document.

Finding the 14th Amendment was easier said than done. My search started back in January at the rotunda at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. I checked every thick glass case — no document.