The Supreme Court will decide whether the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship in the U.S., an interpretation the ...

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 ...

U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri chaired a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday on birthright citizenship, as the ...

As legal proceedings surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship move toward the country’s highest court, the longstanding interpretation of the 14th Amendment ...

Amid a charged legal battle over immigration powers, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a challenge to nationwide injunctions that have blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ...

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday, May 15 over President Donald Trump's bid to follow through with an executive order that would restrict birthright citizenship in the first broad ...

Howard University - the historically Black school here - opens a center today dedicated to the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment was added to the Constitution after the Civil War. It establishes that ...

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 ...