NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sherrilyn Ifill, of Howard University School of Law, about the opening the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.

President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, titled “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” ...

South Carolina is one of 18 states that joined a Supreme Court brief supporting an executive order to end birthright ...

Four professors gathered in the Ford School on Friday afternoon to host a panel on current and historical challenges to ...

That amendment was passed in response to Franklin Roosevelt’s four elections to the presidency. Since George Washington had stepped down at the end of his second term, no president had sought a third ...

The defeat of Amendment 2, a sprawling revision of the section of the constitution that deals with state taxes and budgeting, ...

An Indiana transgender teen sued Gov. Mike Braun (R) challenging the constitutionality of his March 4 executive order ...

The challenge in federal court contends officials discriminate by systematically purging all positive LGBTQ-related materials ...

Trump signed executive order to end birthright citizenship The 14th Amendment says 'all persons born in US' are citizens South Carolina AG says it's been misinterpreted The Supreme Court is ...

“That was not the intention of the framers of the 14th Amendment,” he added. Wilson also noted that he believes the nation’s highest court could rule in their favor.

About two dozen states have sued over the order. They argue it violates the 14th Amendment, which reads “all persons born or naturalized in the United States” are American citizens.