President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship, a constitutional right enshrined by the 14th Amendment. We asked two experts in constitutional and immigration law to walk us through what the amendment says,
It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment or as contested as the Second Amendment, but the 14th Amendment to the United ... law: Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National ...
The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States. They weren’t.
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Donald Trump has ordered a halt on federal funding, as he talks about lowering taxes for billionaires. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) joins The ReidOut with Joy Reid to discuss this and her new book, the young adult edition of her New York Times Best Seller, "True Gretch," which is out today.
Through the sometimes blinding storm of executive orders and memorandums in the opening days of President Trump’s new administration, one pattern is already becoming clear: This is not a crew particularly interested in law.
"The Attorney General is supposed to have the backs of the people of the state. This was clearly a case in which tens of thousands of people were being taken advantage of," Jackson said when asked why he chose this particular action as his first major move in office. "We wanted to send a message, we're not going to let this happen."
The 119th United States Congress is ... The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution specifies that the changeover for members of Congress occurs on January 3 at noon. It also states that Congress itself should convene on that date unless it established ...
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President Donald Trump has nominated the former Florida attorney general to serve as the next U.S. attorney general.
It may not be as oft-quoted as the First Amendment ... people in the United States. Eagle-eyed Constitution readers will notice that the 14th Amendment contains a “due process” clause very similar to the Fifth Amendment. This, says Rosen, was a ...
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.