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For more than 150 years, people who were born within U.S. territory automatically received citizenship – regardless of their ...
As the Trump administration tests the limits of presidential power, here's a look at what the U.S. Constitution says.
Constitutional rights of undocumented immigrants include the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment due process and equal protections ...
As President Trump tests what "due process" means under the law, the courts say his government must take steps to ensure ...
Trump argues the Fourteenth Amendment created no such right, but the Supreme Court can preserve it simply by citing statutes.
We at the Amsterdam News wanted to take a second to talk about the U.S. Constitution, one of the most influential and “living ...
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the first case to test Donald Trump’s attempt to change the meaning ...
Trump, months after taking the oath of office, questioned whether he had a duty to uphold the constitutional right to due ...
Birthright citizenship in the United States is rooted in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868. This amendment explicitly states that 'all persons born or naturalized in the United ...
Those are the Fifth and 14th Amendments. The United States Constitution is not a gaudy skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, with the name "TRUMP" in gold letters. Quite the opposite: It says “WE THE ...
President Trump and his allies have portrayed their efforts to bypass due process as necessary for national security.
President Donald Trump spoke about the U.S. Constitution in a recent "Meet The Press" interview. The U.S. Constitution lays out rights for citizens and noncitizens. Several of the administration's ...