Professors Akhil and Vikram Amar have responded to my recent post arguing that the 14th Amendment does not grant automatic ...

The president must confront a 1952 federal law, the possibility that millions will lose their citizenships, stateless ...

The president finds the long-settled meaning of the citizenship clause to be an intolerable obstacle to his agenda. The ...

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Democratic AGs of other states have the answer as the Supreme Court takes ...

As a general rule, babies born in the United States of America are citizens of the United States of America. There isn’t any question about that. It’s in the Constitution, 14th Amendment: “All persons ...

Former President Trump reignited the debate over birthright citizenship with a proposal that could challenge the 14th ...

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 ...

Conley's argument against birthright citizenship relies on an outdated understanding of originalism, focusing on "original intent" rather than "original public meaning." The original public meaning of ...

Every American citizen owes a debt of gratitude to John Mercer Langston, architect of the 14th Amendment and founding dean of the Howard University School of Law. His writings and speeches are ...