Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. “He can’t do it!” ...

The debate today depends on whether, in 1868, foreigners were considered 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the United States.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...

Judge Bright, 62, of Columbia, is currently the chief judge of the Appellate Court. He is being nominated to fill the associate justice seat on the Supreme Court that was most recently held by the ...

Birthright citizenship is a shield of protection to anyone born in this country, as close to a national self-definition as we ...

The 14th Amendment overturned the 1857 decision that denied citizenship to Black people. Scholars say President Trump’s ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court sided with Democrats on Friday in a power struggle with Republicans in the state House of ...

Over the years, the right to citizenship has been won by various oppressed or marginalized groups after hard-fought legal ...

The justices said Friday they would review an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state board's approval of an application by the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to open a charter school.

SEATTLE — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright ...

The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states.