What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through what the amendment says,
Opinion
The birthright citizenship clause too many forget, but Trump is right to question
One of the biggest issues of the new Trump term is birthright citizenship. The president is pushing back against it with an executive order. He has a valid, constitutional argument.
Opinion
The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War, by creating a permanent underclass of stateless people who have no rights they can invoke in their defense.
President Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent
U.S. President Donald Trump has said since his first administration that he wants to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right for everyone born in the United States.
Trump right to end birthright citizenship abuse, says expert
Hans von Spakovsky, told Fox News Digital that the birthright citizenship clause in the 14th Amendment has been abused for “birth tourism” by illegal immigrants for years posing a serious threat to national security.
How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship
In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons ...
The 14th Amendment has been about much more than birthright citizenship
The14th Amendment was intended to correct the moral wrongs of slavery. But it has been misunderstood and reinterpreted in ...
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Alan Dershowitz Says There’s A Way The Supreme Court Can Avoid Killing Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
Attorney Alan Dershowitz said Monday that one question can help the U.S. Supreme Court avoid striking down President Donald ...
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Equality and The Fourteenth Amendment: A New Constitution
Of the Civil War Amendments ... of Rights to the states as well as the national government. And finally, the Fourteenth Amendment introduced the ideal of equality to the Constitution for the ...
Will the 14th Amendment stand?
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution grants citizenship to all individuals born or naturalised in the US, and subject to ...
Trump's Citizenship Decree Signals His Willingness To Flout the Constitution
In practical terms, Donald Trump's attempt to nullify birthright citizenship by executive decree, which ran into immediate ...
Trump Doesn’t Get to Decide What the Constitution Means
Trump wants a Constitution that, among other things, allows him to refuse to spend congressional appropriations and as we’ve ...
Donald Trump's targeting of the 14th Amendment would dramatically alter the landscape of our country
Since even the president cannot change the Constitution — you need a two-thirds majority in Congress and approval of ...
Donald Trump's Attempts to Bring Back Dred Scott Decision Will Fail | Opinion
In the executive order attacking the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, Trump is making the same arguments ...
The 14th Amendment was introduced to help racial justice. Trump’s plans ensure the opposite
The 14th Amendment was introduced to help racial justice. Trump’s plans ensure the opposite - Black activists championed the ...