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,
Last Friday, former President Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment "the law of the land" - so why has it failed to become the nation's 28th constitutional amendment.
Trump wants a Constitution that, among other things, allows him to refuse to spend congressional appropriations and as we’ve discussed, unilaterally deny citizenship to certain people born in the United States, against the clear direction of the Constitution.
President Biden says he believes the amendment has met the requirements to be enshrined in the Constitution. Its history has been long and complex.
President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to have been ratified. His statement “affirm[ed] what I believe and what three-fourths of the states have ratified: the 28th Amendment is the law of the land,
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
With one signature, President Donald Trump ended birthright citizenship where children born here were U.S. citizens even if their parents weren't.
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.
THE FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THE BEDROCK FUNDAMENTAL ... COTTON LOOKS TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. THERE’S NO IMMIGRANT EXCEPTION TO THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, WHERE BECAUSE ...
Donald Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to reverse one outcome of the Civil War, by creating a permanent underclass of stateless people who have no rights they can invoke in their defense.
The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States. They weren’t.
From the column: "Local newspapers need to regularly present the fact-checking being done on Trump and his administration. This should not be difficult for the News Tribune."