“Subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” That is the phrase, stuck in the middle of the first sentence of the first section of ...

The Supreme Court signaled Thursday it is poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot, potentially by a wide ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. With its executive order, the government is claiming to want to restore the original ...

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 ...

These days, everyone wants to be an originalist. But in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright-citizenship case at the Supreme Court, not everyone is doing originalism well. Alas, the Trump administration ...

Colorado’s highest court on Tuesday knocked former President Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot under the 14th Amendment in a 4-3 ruling, making it the first state to block him from ...

"Ask any American what our citizenship rule is, and they'll tell you, everyone born here is a citizen alike," ACLU attorney Cecilia Wang said during oral arguments in the Supreme Court's landmark ...

Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in four additional cases. Most notably, the justices granted the Trump Administration's petition for certiorari before judgment in Trump v. Barbara, one of ...

The president must confront a 1952 federal law, the possibility that millions will lose their citizenships, stateless foundlings and a fluid future. By Adam Liptak Adam Liptak is the chief legal ...

The text of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment declares: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to convene and hear arguments on Wednesday, April 1 on the legality of President Donald Trump's move to limit birthright citizenship by executive order, the president's ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. These days, everyone wants to be an originalist. But in Trump v. Barbara, the birthright-citizenship case at the Supreme Court ...