Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th Amendment acted as a correction to questions created by the 1857 Dred Scott ...

The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment was ratified after the Civil War in order to cement citizenship and legal protections for Black people in the U.S. after slavery was abolished. What ...

Birthright citizenship is in the Constitution. The first sentence of the 14th Amendment reads, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are ...

The debate over birthright citizenship is not new — but it is newly urgent. And like many of our most difficult national conversations, it sits at the intersection of law, history, and common sense.

However the court decides, history shows that Mr. Trump is wrong.

The Supreme Court is expected to reach a decision in the high-stakes case by the end of June ...

The Supreme Court will soon hear a landmark challenge over precisely who can enjoy the birthright citizenship granted under the 14th amendment, and the Trump administration and its allies are urging ...

Drew Landry explores the birthright citizenship debate as the U.S. Supreme Court considers President Trump's executive order.

As a Black American who is old enough to remember the last days of legal Jim Crow racial segregation, I pay special attention whenever I hear signs that in many American minds the Civil War never ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee lawmakers are revisiting a decision many Americans believed was settled. Last week, the House ...