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.

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

In the executive order attacking the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, Trump is making the same arguments ...

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.

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

Black activists championed the idea of birthright citizenship long before it was introduced to the U.S. Constitution , ...

Trump's order directs federal agencies to stop issuing citizenship documents to U.S.-born children of undocumented mothers.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying US citizenship to the ...

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled t ...