When US President Donald Trump signed a recent executive order that would deny citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants living in the United States, he took aim at what he suggested was ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

Few of President Donald Trump’s new executive orders have caused as much alarm as the one on birthright citizenship.   That order prohibits federal agencies from issuing or accepting citizenship ...

Seacoast letter writers decry GOP bill to rescind school mandate to provide period products; defend and deplore Trump's early actions.

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the meaning of the 14th Amendment to end “birthright ...

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey defended Trump's opening volley of executive orders, saying he within his rights to end birthright ...

The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1864 to ensure that newly freed slaves had the same rights and privileges under the law as any other citizen.

The 14th Amendment and court precedent run counter to the president’s order.

President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is on temporary hold after a federal judge last week called ...

More than 20 states have sued the Trump administration, saying it has disregarded over 125 years of legal precedent which has guaranteed that a person born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen.

No U.S. president has ever gone after the 14th Amendment before, but Trump’s birthright citizenship attack isn’t the first ...

In his inauguration speech Donald Trump promised that, in his administration, “we will not forget our constitution." Before ...