Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas offered this opportunity for Solicitor General John Sauer to explain how the 14th Amendment acted as a correction to questions created by the 1857 Dred Scott ...

While I have written multiple posts for SCOTUSblog on birthright citizenship, a substantial part of my practice is litigating ...

At moments of political anxiety, Americans challenge first principles. Few are more foundational or more misunderstood than birthright citizenship. The text of the 14th Amendment is plain: “All ...

Judges across the federal system have consistently explained their belief that Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship for certain children born in the U.S. "On a prospective basis, the federal government will not recognize automatic ...

Critics and supporters of President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship often focus on the order’s barring of automatic citizenship to children born to individuals unlawfully ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta believes the U.S. Supreme Court will reject efforts to limit birthright citizenship, ...

Justices appear sceptical of the order, but could rule narrowly, leaving room for the debate to return through US Congress.

US Supreme Court weighs Trump's move to end birthright citizenship, raising concerns for Indian families on H-1B and F-1 ...

The Birthright Clause did not invent a new idea: it constitutionalized an old one.