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 signed an executive order purporting to rewrite birthright citizenship. That's not how the Constitution works.
People claiming the U.S. government would revoke the second lady's citizenship did so with a misunderstanding of a January ...
Under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, if you are born on U.S. soil, you automatically are a citizen. Now, President ...
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Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible Monday during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of ...
Some legal scholars argue that the amendment was properly ratified, but for Biden to definitively say it’s "the law of the land" ignores precedent and the reality that no federal government entity has ...
President Donald Trump set a record on his first day back in office by issuing 26 executive orders, aiming to fulfill many of his campaign promises.
The orders signed at the White House included a directive to end birthright citizenship, a move sure to spark a constitutional fight over the 14th Amendment.
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