“Subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” That is the phrase, stuck in the middle of the first sentence of the first section of ...

Forgotten History’s latest episode examines birthright citizenship, the 14th Amendment, Trump’s executive order, and the ...

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...

This anniversary provides an opportunity for us to reacquaint ourselves with their history and to recommit ourselves to the work of ensuring their enforcement. On July 9, 1868, South Carolina became ...

Conley's argument against birthright citizenship relies on an outdated understanding of originalism, focusing on "original intent" rather than "original public meaning." The original public meaning of ...

I'm writing in response to the opinion piece by Patrick Conley that appeared in The Providence Sunday Journal regarding birthright citizenship ("14th Amendment doesn't guarantee birthright citizenship ...

President Trump's executive order adopting a narrow understanding of birthright citizenship in order to exclude the American-born children of unauthorized immigrants and temporary visitors has ...

(The Center Square) – America First Legal is leading the charge for the United States to return to the "original meaning" of the Fourteenth Amendment, meaning that children born to illegal aliens in ...

“In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. On ...

The U.S. Supreme Court needs to make completely clear that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are ...

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