In his first hours back as president, Donald J. Trump did an extraordinary thing: He made a direct assault on the ...

The Trump administration doesn’t just clash with the press; it undermines the very concept of truth ... Are they logging dissent? Mapping behavior? Storing keywords for some future review?

Fourteen other states have this classification, according to MAP. National rankings ... by affirming that same-sex couples have the right to marry under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

From the column: "Birthright citizenship represents the best of America. It’s a clear, principled rule that has served us ...

I’m not a lawyer; maybe that helps me understand the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship better than J. Christian Adams (“Conventional wisdom behind birthright citizenship is wrong ...

His argument rests on interpreting the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof," found in the 14th Amendment ... or "right of blood," a European concept America explicitly rejected at its ...

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