There are two clear examples of people not subject to the jurisdictions of the United States: diplomats and their children, ...

The Fourteenth Amendment represented a great expansion ... the spirit—if not the letter—of the Court’s decision. For example, in 2011 the state of Alabama enacted a law requiring school ...

Thus, the Equal Protection Clause can be understood only as an organic part of the Fourteenth Amendment and in the broader context of all the Reconstruction amendments. Under current Supreme Court ...

Unfortunately, in arguing that the 14th Amendment requires citizenship for ... He must drive on the right side of the road, for example. He is subject to our partial, territorial jurisdiction ...

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 ...

Before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, citizens of the states were automatically considered citizens of the United States. In 1857, the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision had held that no ...

For example, a law that prohibits burglary ... of children not accountable for their disabling status.” The Fourteenth Amendment allowed states to disenfranchise those convicted of rebellion ...