What the 14th Amendment says about birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined in the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through what the amendment says,
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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.
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The Constitution outranks all: Trump’s executive order revoking birthright citizenship is meaningless
Donald Trump yesterday took an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” and then promptly broke that oath by seeking to revoke the first sentence of
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 have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of its own.
No, Trump’s executive order does not retroactively revoke citizenship
Some people claim Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship will affect his own allies like Usha Vance and Marco Rubio. Here’s why that’s false.
WA leads multi-state lawsuit against Trump’s exec order ending birthright citizenship
Brown on Tuesday announced a lawsuit targeting Trump’s executive order that aims to end birthright citizenship. Washington’s new AG, who was sworn in last week, decried the directive as “unconstitutional,
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What Does It Take To Amend The Constitution? It’s A *Process*
Could the end of birthright citizenship — or a third Trump term — actually happen? The post What Does It Take To Amend The ...
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That’s Not How Constitutional Amendments Work
This morning, Biden declared on X that “the Equal Rights Amendment is now the law of the land.” Well, there you have it: The ...
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 ...
Why The Equal Rights Amendment Is Still Not A Constitutional Amendment
Last Friday, former President Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land" - so why has it failed to ...
Presidential inaugurations were moved to Jan. 20 by ratification of 20th Amendment in 1933
Donald Trump will be only the second U.S. president after Grover Cleveland to serve two nonconsecutive terms after he takes ...
Here Are Key Dates in the Equal Rights Amendment’s 100-Year History
President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has ...
Trump’s first 7 days: The framework for presidential dictatorship
In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ...