Opinion
Don’t Assume Trump Is Wrong About Birthright Citizenship
It is widely agreed that “subject to the jurisdiction” excluded the children of diplomats, Native Americans subject and with allegiance to tribal authority (this changed with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924) and members of invading armies. The common-law principle of jus soli also excluded these groups. The crucial question is, why?
What Does Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Mean for Immigrants?
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, with the intention of granting full citizenship rights to freed African American slaves; its birthright citizenship clause has since been interpreted to include all U.S.-born children, regardless of parental immigration status.
The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...
The president's executive orders have already drawn dozens of legal challenges, including some that could make it to the U.S.
Anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen at birth, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause. That clause wouldn't be ...
They’re told repeatedly that the practice is enshrined in the Constitution’s 14th amendment, that it has been affirmed by the Supreme Court, that the jurisprudence around it is settled law and ...
Despite making nice on his recent visit to see Los Angeles fire damage, the president’s years-long battles with state ...
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A new study says inclusion of people in U.S. illegally has had little impact on presidential elections or control of Congress.
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown is wrong to back President Donald Trump’s move to gut the 14th Amendment, writes The Salt ...
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