The Fourtheenth Amendment has been used in divisive ways, giving the lie to its claim of “equal protection” under the law. We ...

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

The author says executive order stripping US citizenship from children born in this country, protected by the 14th Amendment, could imperil other constitutional amendments.

A law professor believes that there may be room for conservative judges to end birthright citizenship for the children of ...

The judges deemed the order a violation of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States. The author argues that if the Supreme Court upholds Trump's order ...

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

These states attorney generals’ argument is that birthright citizenship is a right granted to anyone born on American soil, by the 14th Amendment. But does it? The 14th Amendment to the U.S ...

Sean O'Driscoll is a Newsweek Senior Crime and Courts Reporter based in Ireland. His focus is reporting on U.S. law. He has covered human rights and extremism extensively. Sean joined Newsweek in ...

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.