“Subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” That is the phrase, stuck in the middle of the first sentence of the first section of the 14th Amendment, that President Donald Trump is seeking to redefine as ...

As guaranteed in the 14th Amendment, citizenship is granted to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States." But an ...

Richard Epstein talks about his new book, "The Myth of Birthright Citizenship: What the 14th Amendment Really Says".

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, the United States adopted a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing citizenship to people ...

“Please inform me of the following,” someone who signed off as “Farmhand” inquired in a letter to The Buffalo News on March 13, 1926. “Is a child born in this country of foreign parents a citizen ...

In well over a century, nobody has seriously challenged the Supreme Court’s 1898 ruling that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens under the 14th Amendment, without regard to their parents’ ...

When President Trump returned to the White House last year, he made it clear in many ways that he was determined to do whatever he wanted without regard for the law or the Constitution. One was his ...

The three post–Civil War constitutional amendments offered the United States a second, more democratic founding. Preserving this framework is essential. It became clear to me that the framers ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. President Donald Trump's recent executive order seeking to end ...