One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, the United States adopted a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizenship to people born on U.S. soil, one of the American bedrocks of equality. Now, that ...
Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...
Editor's note: This story was written in June of 2018. When “Amending America: The Bill of Rights” opens in Lancaster on Saturday, the traveling exhibit will find itself in a city that was home to a ...
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of ...
As constitutional turns of phrase go, the part of the Fourteenth Amendment that guarantees birthright citizenship seems more straightforward than most: “All persons born or naturalized in the United ...
Hannah Liu, 26, of Washington, holds up a sign in support of birthright citizenship outside of the Supreme Court in Washington in May. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin AP On Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025 ...
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