The legal fight over President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship is advancing on a path toward the U.S. Supreme Court.

"In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter," says civil rights attorney Damon ...

After SCOTUS opened the door to President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the anniversary of the 14th Amendment ...

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion used a noise complaint hypothetical to justify letting Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional citizenship order blare on for everyone except the specific plaintiffs ...

There were no British soldiers in the American colonies for 130 years. Colonists distrusted soldiers due to stories of brutality against civilians by soldiers under orders of tyrannical kings in ...

The right to a civil jury trial is far more deeply rooted in American history and tradition than is the right to own guns, which the Supreme Court was right to incorporate.

Aftermath and Impact The Civil War ended in 1865 with the defeat of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment.

To End Birthright Citizenship, Trump Is Rewriting Civil War History The case hinges on an 1868 amendment that has always covered ex-slaves, confederates, and migrants.