The author says executive order stripping US citizenship from children born in this country, protected by the 14th Amendment, could imperil other constitutional amendments.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect ...

Opinion:Trump returns, playing the conquering hero The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to give U.S. citizenship to enslaved Black people who had been emancipated. The first sentence reads ...

adopted after the Civil War in 1868 to establish citizenship for freed Black Americans, as well as "all people born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof." ...

Perhaps. But first it must agree to hear the case. The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868, states in part: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States ...

The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, reads ... and thereby ensure that Black Americans were, and would forever be, full-fledged citizens. The clause was understood ...

The amendment was passed in the aftermath of the Civil War, in 1868. It awarded citizenship rights to emancipated slaves who were born in the United States. It would take many Black Americans a ...

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Congress ratified the 14th Amendment in July 1868. That amendment assured citizenship for all, including Black people. "All persons born or naturalized in the ...